War might end in summer of this year - Ukraine’s intelligence chief

He said this in an interview with Ukrainian media.

The journalist asked whether the Ukrainian Armed Forces would reach the 1991 borders by the end of the summer and whether the war would end.

"God willing, we have all the chances to end the war with our victory and the return of all our borders of the '91 model’," Budanov replied.

"These are my thoughts and assessments. I am not moving away from them," he added.

• Russian President Putin has ordered to seize the entire Donetsk and Luhansk regions by March.

• Earlier, Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny called on Russia to return all the occupied territories to Ukraine and pay reparations.