Ukraine to launch new attack on Russia in spring
(Baonghean.vn) - General Kirill Budanov, Director of the General Directorate of Defense Intelligence of Ukraine (GUR), said that the Ukrainian armed forces will launch a new attack on Russia in the spring.
"We will act. They attacked and then it will be our turn," said Kirill Budanov, head of Ukraine's Main Directorate of Defense Intelligence.
According to General Budanov, offensive operations of the Armed Forces of Ukraine will begin in the spring.
Retired General of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Sergei Krivonos, in an interview with the News Factory channel on January 31, said that the Russian military is carrying out many attacks with Lancet drones targeting Ukrainian positions, with the number up to hundreds. According to General Krivonos, this is a serious problem for the Ukrainian military, because there is no "miracle weapon" that the West can provide to change the situation on the front.
Meanwhile, experts say the Ukrainian army is no longer conducting offensive operations, but has switched to an active defense strategy. British military analyst Alexander Merkouis said: "In the past 24 hours, the news has only been about Russian attacks, not Ukrainian attacks. The overall picture shows that the Russian army is on the offensive.
According to expert Merkouis, the difficult situation at the front for the Armed Forces of Ukraine is the cause of the political crisis in Kiev. Therefore, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky wants to dismiss the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces Valery Zaluzhny.
Earlier, the Financial Times, citing a close source, said that President Zelensky met with General Zaluzhny on January 29 and asked him to resign and accept the position of advisor to the Ukrainian government. Meanwhile, the Economist magazine said that General Zaluzhny was offered the position of Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine, but the general refused and planned to leave the army.
