2024-01-19 19:40:00
According to The Financial Times, the Russian army is considering carrying out “a large-scale offensive” in Ukraine next summer. The British newspaper relies on Ukrainian officials, wishing to remain anonymous. According to a US intelligence report, “Putin’s goal remains the same: to conquer Ukraine and bring the population under his control.”
To do this, four regions are targeted: Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson and Zaporizhia, namely the four regions annexed by Moscow on September 30, 2022. Russian forces wish to completely conquer them.
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A city could also be affected by this offensive: Kharkiv.
However, an anonymous official believes that an operational breakthrough, both Ukrainian and Russian, seems unlikely this year. According to him, it would be more likely that Ukraine would mount a counter-offensive in 2025. “They should look for weak points in Russian defenses and launch long-range attacks,” he said.
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