Andrey Chernyak, a spokesman for the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense, said that during a new offensive against Ukraine, which Russian troops are already preparing, the invaders can attack simultaneously from two directions - from the north and from the east. He noted that the Russian Federation does not plan to stop the war against Ukraine..

" They failed to achieve their goal in any of the directions.. They understand that they are losing, but they do not plan to end the war, - said Chernyak, whose words are quoted by the press service of the GUR MO. “We are considering the possibility that they can go from the north or east at the same time.”.

But the intelligence official noted that our military is ready for any scenario..

He also added that Russian troops would most likely try to hold the land corridor to Crimea and capture the entire Donetsk region.. At the same time, Chernyak doubts that the invaders will be able to cross the Dnieper in order to capture Kherson again..

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Recall, the military-political command of Ukraine warns that Russia is preparing to launch a new offensive against Ukraine in 2023.. The most optimistic option is if this happens in February-March. At the same time, Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Valery Zaluzhny notes that it is not yet clear in which direction this will happen.. Therefore, he does not exclude the possibility that the occupiers will again try to capture Kyiv, starting the operation from Belarus..

On December 19, for the first time in three years, Russian leader Vladimir Putin traveled to Minsk to negotiate with dictator Alexander Lukashenko.. Most likely, there he wanted to persuade the self-proclaimed president of the Republic of Belarus to directly participate in the war against Ukraine, but analysts at the US Institute for the Study of War believe that Putin did not succeed..