Ukraine’s intelligence chief prognoses hostilities course over winter
Chief of the Defence Intelligence of Ukraine Kyrylo Budanov says that the situation on the frontline will not change fundamentally in winter.
Budanov shared his opinions in an interview with LIGA.net.
"A fundamental change in the situation is not expected in the near future. There are a number of objective reasons for this. Russia is now in a deadlock, and the only place where it is still "exerting effort" to attack is Bakhmut. It has no particular successes in this direction. Since August, Russia has been saying that Bakhmut is almost captured. As you can see, now is already the end of December," Budanov said.
He added that Russia is also trying to concentrate its forces north of Bakhmut and towards Zaporizhzhia.
"But they have not managed to achieve anything significant, as we can see. Russian troops have already made several attempts at small local offensives. All of them were detected in advance and have ended in nothing for them. Therefore, we do not expect a fundamental change in the situation for Russia now. I will not comment on the AFU actions,” Budanov said.
- On December 26, Kyrylo Budanov said that Ukraine would recapture the occupied Crimea by both military and diplomatic means.
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