Eleven months after Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered the invasion, Russia is preparing a new major offensive against Ukraine, Oleksiy Danilov, secretary of the National Security and Defense Council (NSDC) in Kyiv, warned on Wednesday evening, Unian reports. An attack by Russian troops is expected in a month or two, said a high-ranking Ukrainian official.

“On the part of Russia, we observe maximum concentration, they are preparing for a (new) offensive. This does not surprise us. We understand that in a month, one and a half or two, major hostilities will begin with the maximum use of all available resources on the territory of the Russian Federation,” Danilov said during the evening telethon, a similar news program that airs simultaneously. the main TV channels of Ukraine, writes Agerpres.

The Secretary of the National Security Council warned Ukrainians that Russia, the aggressor country, is preparing new information attacks against Ukraine and at the same time is trying to arrest the leaders of the criminal world in Kharkiv Oblast.

“Furthermore, I can say that the 5th Directorate of the FSB (ex-KGB) is trying to attract leaders of the criminal world, especially from the Kharkiv region, to its side. We are watching all these things and I want to appeal to these young guys, some of whom are now in the United Arab Emirates: guys, if you go back home, you will all be behind bars. We should defend our country, not play with the FSB,” said Oleksiy Danilov.

In the near future, according to him, new information attacks may be launched against Ukraine with the help of Russian agents of influence who are still present in Ukraine.

Earlier, Oleksiy Danilov stated that in the near future Russia may launch a new major offensive against Ukraine on the occasion of the anniversary of the invasion.

Zaporozhye attacks, Russian sabotage

At the same time, the Russian military is conducting small strikes on the positions of the Ukrainian army in the Zaporizhia region (south), in order to distract the attention of the Ukrainian troops from a possible offensive that is being prepared in the Luhansk region (east), analysts believe. from the American Institute for the Study of War (ISW), reports the quoted press agency.

The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine indicated that groups of 10-15 military personnel were involved in these shellings. The size and nature of such attacks indicate that the purpose of these actions is to divert the attention of the Ukrainian Armed Forces from certain areas of the front, ISV informs.

The Ukrainian special services, in turn, signal the concentration of Russian troops in the Luhansk direction, clarifying that units of the 2nd Motorized Division of the 1st Guards Tank Army of the Western Military District of the Russian Federation have been transferred here from Belarus. region of Donbass.

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