A Ukrainian defense intelligence official has said that the end of the Russian war against Ukraine will be at the end of this year.
“Russian President Vladimir Putin has no plans to give up his plans to occupy Ukraine, so hostilities are likely to continue until the end of the year,” Interfax news agency quoted the official as saying.
“The war, whether it lasts until September, October or the end of the year, depends on our resistance and the situation of our forces,” said Vadim Skapetsky, a spokesman for Ukraine’s Defense Intelligence Agency. In an interview with Crimea.Realities. “The defense and the help they offer us,” he said.
He added that various Russian parties had tried to persuade Putin not to go to war, but had failed, adding that “September 11 will be the voting date for Russia’s local elections, which may coincide with the possibility of a referendum or a referendum.” Other events in the occupied territories of Ukraine.
“October 7 is Putin’s birthday and he will be 70 years old, and there is an inner belief in Russia that the military wants to give him a gift on this occasion, that is, the Russian army is looking for achievements or victories so far,” he said.
By the end of the year, the winter will be cold and they (the Russians) will say that Ukraine is entering the negotiation process … The war that (Putin) wants to start will be long. …) And this is someone who does not want to give up his position, said Skebitsky.
According to the Ukrainian official, “the Russian Federation intends to stay in southern Ukraine for a long time, and this will be revealed by the establishment of powerful groups in the occupied territories.”
He added: “From the beginning of May, the occupying forces of Russia began to strengthen their defenses and appropriate engineering structures are being prepared for this.”
Ukraine’s intelligence records show that “the Russian army is strengthening its defenses around the main roads and bridges in the occupied territories in order to prevent counter-offensive operations by the Ukrainian army.”
Source: Lebanon Debate
