According to Ukrainian intelligence, Russia will try to end the war “before 2026”

On the offensive on the Ukrainian front since February 2022, Russia will try to end the war “before 2026”, estimated the head of Ukrainian military intelligence, Kyrylo Budanov, at a Yalta European Strategy conference in Kiev, this Saturday, September 14. This decision could be made in order to prevent the Kremlin from seeing its positions weakened due to an accumulation of economic problems caused in particular by Western sanctions and mobilization problems after significant losses on the front.

Kyrylo Budanov, whose department is known for daring operations deep inside Russia, brushed aside Western fears of an escalation in Europe’s worst armed conflict since World War II, while calling on the West “not to be afraid” of better arming Ukraine.

Pyongyang, the biggest threat to kyiv

Among Moscow’s allies, North Korea poses a very significant threat to kyiv due to massive deliveries of artillery shells to Russia, which uses them on the front in Ukraine, the head of Ukrainian military intelligence also said. “Of all these allies of Russia, our biggest problem comes from North Korea, because with the volume of military products it supplies, it really affects the intensity of the fighting,” he explained.

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