A Ukrainian spring offensive is approaching, according to the country’s deputy defense minister – which is going to hard attack the Kremlin.
Volodymyr Havrylov says a collapse within the Russian army could happen as early as this month.
– Russia will panic, he tells The Independent.
– We will carry out our counter-offensive.
This is what Ukrainian Deputy Defense Minister Volodymyr Havrylov says in an interview with British The Independent.
– Russia will panic. You will see a lot of panic.
In the interview with the newspaper, the Ukrainian Deputy Minister of Defense talked, among other things, about how important the city of Bachmut in the Donetsk region is in the preparations for the much-talked-about spring offensive. Havrylov says Ukraine’s defense of the city has meant morale among Russian commanders is at “a very low level”.
“Immediate Russian Collapse”
According to Havrylov, the Kremlin is trying hard to hide the Russian death toll. Last week, the US announced that 20,000 Russians had died in Ukraine and 80,000 had been injured in the past five months.
The minister also believes that the Russian army may collapse shortly.
– I would not be surprised if one day, perhaps this month or next, we see something that contributes to the immediate collapse of the Russian strategy, the Russian army or the Russian economy, he says.
The promise: Take back Crimea
Volodymyr Havrylov also reiterated the promise that the Ukrainian army will retake the occupied and annexed Crimean peninsula.
– We are ready to do it. Russia must accept that it is an inevitable part of this war, he says.
The minister also emphasizes that he hopes the war can end already this year.
– We are doing everything possible to end this war as soon as possible. I would really like 2023 to be a year of victory.