Ukraine Says Russia Preparing 200,000 Fresh Troops To Attack Kyiv - NDTV

Kyiv:

The commander-in-chief of Ukraine's equipped forces expects a caller Russian onslaught connected Kyiv successful the aboriginal months of 2023, according to an interrogation with The Economist released Thursday.

Much of the warring has been concentrated successful the eastbound and southbound precocious but General Valeriy Zaluzhny told the British play the superior would beryllium targeted again.

A "very important strategical task is to make reserves and hole for the warfare which whitethorn instrumentality spot successful February, astatine champion successful March, and astatine worst astatine the extremity of January," helium said successful a December 3 interrogation released connected Thursday.

"The Russians are preparing immoderate 200,000 caller troops. I person nary uncertainty they volition person different spell astatine Kyiv," helium said successful the interview.

"We person made each the calculations -- however galore tanks, artillery we request and truthful connected and truthful on."

At the extremity of February, Moscow sent its forces into Ukraine with the purpose of swiftly capturing Kyiv.

In a triumph for the Ukrainian army, the invaders were held up respective twelve kilometres from the superior earlier pulling backmost from the portion astatine the extremity of March and aboriginal April.

The wide said among his existent problems was "to clasp this (front)line", which runs southbound to east, "and not suffer immoderate much ground" aft pushing backmost the Russians from the Kharkiv portion successful the northeast successful September and Kherson successful the southbound past month.

For Zaluzhny, the Russians person bombarded vigor infrastructure since October pursuing a bid of humiliating battlefield reverses due to the fact that "they request clip to stitchery resources" for a wide violative successful the coming months.

"I americium not an vigor adept but it seems to maine we are connected the edge," helium said, stating that the demolition of the powerfulness grid was "possible" by rocket and drone strikes.

The waves of attacks connected the powerfulness web that person already taken spot person caused monolithic powerfulness outages crossed the country, leaving millions of Ukrainians successful the bitter acold and acheronian of winter.

"I cognize that I tin bushed this enemy," the wide continued. "But I request resources.

"I request 300 tanks, 600-700 ifvs (infantry warring vehicles) 500 Howitzers."

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