Russian army moves units to northern Crimea - intelligence

Andrii Cherniak, a representative of the Main Intelligence Directorate of Ukraine's Ministry of Defense, reported this.

According to Andrii Cherniak, the Russians seek to preserve the "land corridor" to Crimea: “This was their idea of ​​capturing the Donetsk region, the coast of the Sea of ​​Azov, and their plans were also to cut off Ukraine from the Black Sea. But the occupying country could not implement any plans in Ukraine. Given that our foreign partners are supplying us with new types of weapons, the so-called "land corridor" to Crimea is certainly not safe. Ukraine will strike Russian positions throughout the occupied territory.”

Also, a representative of the Main Intelligence Directorate of Ukraine's Ministry of Defense reported that the Russian army is withdrawing new military units to the north of the Crimean peninsula to maintain the captured territories. In particular, the invaders are building defense structures there, as well as in part of the temporarily occupied Kherson region.

“They will lose, that's why they create defensive structures where they can, realizing that they will have to conduct combat operations on these lines,” Andrii Cherniak said. 

• The Main Intelligence Directorate of Ukraine's Ministry of Defense predicts that the Russian forces may launch an offensive simultaneously from the north and east, and will also try to capture the entire Donetsk region.