Chief of Ukrainian Border Guards Deineko predicts end of war in fall

The head of the State Border Guard Service, Serhii Deineko, said this in an interview with a Ukrainian media.

He answered the journalist's question about when Ukraine would gain control of the temporarily occupied Luhansk: "Last year, in October, I made a prediction that we would win this year, in October-November, no later. I am not changing it yet."

• The head of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ukrainian Defense Ministry, Kyrylo Budanov, predicts that the war with Russia will end this summer.

• Russian President Putin has ordered to occupy Donetsk and Luhansk regions within their administrative boundaries by March.