Ukraine’s military intelligence chief says that Russia could try to break Ukraine in two.
Kyrylo Budanov said in remarks released by the Defense Ministry on Sunday that Russian President Vladimir Putin has realized "he can’t swallow the entire country" and would likely try to split the country under "the Korean scenario." That's a reference to the decades-old division between North and South Korea.
He lamented that parents are burying their children, and "the powerful decide and the poor die." Once again, he didn’t cite Russia by name as the aggressor. "We and the landmark feel the vibrations," said Vadim Kyrylenko, an engineer who now is the most senior on-site manager at the St. Sophia Cathedral. "It’s a minimal threat but we feel it. If there would be a strike nearby as I say it would be a point of no return for our landmark because it is very fragile and vulnerable."
Russian Defense Ministry spokesman Maj. Gen. Igor Konashenkov said in statement on Sunday that the air-launched cruise missiles hit a fuel depot and a defense plant in Lviv near the border with Poland a day earlier.
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