Warming spring weather creates ideal conditions for Russia to begin moving heavy military equipment through Ukraine, Yevgeny Prigozhin, head of the Russian private military group Wagner, said CNN.

Yevgeny Prigozhin, leader of the mercenaries of the Russian Wagner groupPhoto: AFP / AFP / Profimedia

“Spring is coming. The soil is drying,” Prigozhin said, meaning that “everything is ready for us to start sending heavy equipment to the fields.”

Prigozhin, in an interview shared on Telegram, acknowledged that Ukraine has also received a lot of support from NATO countries, including military equipment, armored vehicles and Leopard tanks, as well as about 200,000 trained reservists.

Officials in Kyiv have long warned of a spring offensive against the backdrop of increased military attacks by the Kremlin.

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