The Ukrainian leadership expects a new Russian offensive in the spring and, as a result, the heaviest fighting since the start of the war. “We have come a long, hard way, but I understand that the most important battles are still ahead of us and will take place this year, in the next two to three months,” Oleksiy Danilov, secretary of the National Security Council of Ukraine, said in a statement. an interview. aired Wednesday.
These are the decisive months of the war, he predicted on the British television channel Sky News. Danilov did not rule out the start of a Russian offensive in the next two to three weeks. “Russia is preparing for the maximum escalation,” said the 60-year-old. New units would be focused and trained. Danilov estimates the number of soldiers fighting in Ukraine at about 320,000. About half of those could take part in the new offensive, he warned.
Leopard tanks don’t arrive until late March at the earliest
Ukrainian officials have been warning for weeks of an imminent Russian army offensive. Kiev has been demanding more arms aid from the West for months. Recently, the United States, Germany and other NATO countries have pledged to provide main battle tanks that Kiev has been longing for. However, the Leopard tanks will not arrive in Ukraine until the end of March at the earliest. The American tanks Abrams could not get there until the end of the year.
Source: Krone
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