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Media, February 7 (Reuters) – of Ukraine national security chief said on Tuesday that Kyiv The northeast as the target of an expected offensive aimed at regaining the initiative in Russia’s year-long occupation Kharkiv or expects to include the southern Zaporizhzhya regions.

National The head of the Security and Defense Council Oleksiy Danilov said that Russia forces of Ukraine A section of the Moscow-controlled land bridge between eastern Ukraine and Crimea in the southern Black Sea checks Kiev’s defenses in Zaporozhye, which is partially occupied by Russia.

In an interview with Reuters, he also said that Kyiv of Russia Kharkiv does not rule out a new push in the province and Moscow forces last summer of Ukraine was repulsed by a thunderous counter-attack operation.

“Oh Kharkiv, or attempts to attack in the direction of Zaporizhzhya, of course, there will be,” he said while speaking in his office in the capital, Kyiv. “How successful they are will depend on us.”

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President Vladimir Zelensky including high-end Ukraine officials said Moscow would attempt another major offensive with newly mobilized troops in the coming weeks.

Danilov repeated Kiev’s earlier predictions that Russia it still wants to seize all of Donetsk and Luhansk regions in the east, which Moscow claimed as its territory in referendums last year.

Especially Ukraine Fighting is going on around the city of Bakhmut in the Donetsk region, which is under the control of the government. Russian forces have been trying to encircle and capture Bakhmut for weeks at great cost.

Danilov said that Kyiv expects to try to achieve results demonstrated around the one-year anniversary of Russia’s large-scale invasion on February 24.

“They have to have something to show to the public and a great desire to do something as big as they have done to date.”

Before that Ukraine officials said Russia forces may attempt to attack northwest from Moscow’s ally Belarus. However, Danilov said that “it is doubtful that they will be able to come from this direction” because “there are not enough forces there.”

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Ukraine also has the West’s promised battle tanks and longer-range missiles, including USAWhile waiting for the delivery of a new missile system that will double the strike range of Ukrainian forces, it is planning a spring offensive.

But Danilov said heavy armor and artillery shells, especially the 155mm caliber, were among his immediate needs as Kyiv faced a potential new onslaught of Russian heavy firepower.

“Many questions depend on the amount of ammunition supply. “Because if you have a gun but nothing to shoot at, that’s a problem.”

Moscow forces have also regularly used missiles and drones to target critical infrastructure and other civilian targets in Ukraine in recent months. weather lands the blows.

Danilov said that Ukraine Russia would be justified in striking targets inside, although Kyiv officials have not publicly acknowledged an attack outside Ukraine’s border.

“Let’s say there is a certain point in Russia where we are certain that a device is firing missiles at our children. “Should we watch this moment quietly and turn a blind eye – or destroy it if we can?” he said.

“If there is an object that destroys our country… we must destroy these objects. This is war.”

Defense Minister Oleksiy Reznikov Ukraine said on Sunday USAwill use the longer-range weapons promised by the US only to hit Russian units in the occupied territories of Ukraine.

Reporting by Dan Peleschuk and Max Hunder; Written by Dan Peleschuk Editing by Mark Heinrich

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2023-02-08 01:27:28
Source – reuters

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