Ukrainian intelligence: Vladimir Putin ordered all Donbass to be occupied by March

After failing to capture Kiev according to the original occupation plan Ukraine The Kremlin has dramatically reduced its war goal, which is now to take over the Donetsk and Luhansk regions in eastern Ukraine, which have been partially occupied since 2014, the Kyiv Post reported on Thursday. In an interview with this English-language daily published in Kiev, Andriy Chernyak stated that the entire territory of these two oblasts in Donbass – according to Putin’s order – it is to be occupied by March.

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– We observe that the Russian occupation forces are sending additional strike groups, subunits, weapons and military equipment to the east of our country – said Czerniak.

He added that Russia uses the territory Belarus to train mobilized soldiers and there are not enough forces and resources to launch a massive offensive against Ukraine in this direction in the coming weeks. – To date, no strike groups have been formed. There is no threat that Belarus will be involved in an armed invasion against Ukraine, but that is, of course, also a risk that we must take into account,” he said.

Earlier, the commander-in-chief of the Ukrainian armed forces, Valery Zaluzhny, said that Russia could launch a massive offensive against Ukraine in late winter or early spring. Załużny predicted that the attack of the Russian army should be expected mainly in the Donbas, but he also did not rule out an attack towards Kiev.

According to Ukrainian Defense Minister Oleksiy Reznikov, Russia may be preparing a new offensive against Ukraine as early as February this year.