The head of Ukraine’s intelligence services, Kirilo Budanov, stated that Russia does not have “the military, economic or political potential” to launch another “serious” attempt at a military offensive against Ukrainian territory.
Budanov was firm in this theory, but pointed out that Moscow is “fully capable” of launching defense operations in the occupied territory. “This is the problem we will soon be facing,” he said, referring to the anticipated Ukrainian counter-offensive expected to take place this spring against Russian troops.
The head of Intelligence also believes that Russian missile reserves are “almost at zero”, and they are trying to replenish them to be prepared for a Ukrainian offensive, as stated in an interview for the Yahoo news portal.
For his part, the Ukrainian president, Volodimir Zelenski, indicated in his daily speech this Sunday that Ukraine is “preparing for new events in May and June”.
In addition, a week ago the Ukrainian Defense Minister, Oleksi Reznikov, announced that “everything is ready” for the much-announced counter-offensive against the Russian forces, leaving it to the General Staff to set the date.
For her part, the British military intelligence candle cancellation of several of the Traditional events and parades for Victory Daynext May 9, as a sample of the weakness of Russia.
In its latest assessment of the conflict, the British Ministry of Defense stressed that Moscow fears being exposed to potential drone strikesas happened this week against the Kremlin, at a time when their defense capacity is limited.
“The timing of the UAV attack on the Kremlin a few days before Victory Day shows the Russia’s increasing vulnerability to such attacks and the threat perception of the Russian leadership of the Victory Day events has almost certainly increased.they wrote.
Following this, six regions of the country -among them, the crimea busy and 21 cities– have canceled their parades claiming “security reasons” and recently added to the list the reception of the Russian presidentVladimir Putin, after the parade – which was last held in 2019.
“It is likely that the Victory Day celebration in Moscow will take place but on a smaller scale” and with a significant reinforcement of security measuresThey added from the British Defense portfolio.
The protracted war in Ukraine, the results of which have not been as expected, and which has gone on longer than expected -even more than the country can handle under optimal conditions- have forced Putin to move more prudently.
“We are aware that the kyiv regime, which is behind a series of terrorist attacks, plans to continue its line. All our special services do everything necessary to guarantee security,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitri Peskov said Tuesday, referring to the attempted drone attack on the Kremlin overnight, with the aim of assassinating the President.
With information from Europa Press)
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