The President of the Russian Federation, Vladimir Putin, ordered to capture of the territories of the Donetsk and Luhansk regions by March.
The representative of the Main Directorate of Intelligence of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, Andriy Cherniak, stated this in a comment to the Kyiv Post, the press service of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine writes.
He reported that there are signs that Russia is preparing for a new attempt at a massive offensive and seizure of the east of the country.
"We observe that the Russian occupying forces are redeploying additional assault groups, units, weapons, and military equipment to the east. According to the military intelligence of Ukraine, Putin gave the order to capture the territories of Donetsk and Luhansk regions by March", Cherniak noted.
Also, the representative of the MID of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine noted that Russia uses the territory of Belarus to train mobilized soldiers and does not have sufficient forces and means to launch a massive offensive against Ukraine from this direction in the coming weeks.
"As of today, there are no formed strike groups. There is no threat of involving Belarus in a full-scale invasion on the side of Russia against Ukraine, but these are also, of course, risks that we must take into account", emphasized the representative of military intelligence of Ukraine.
