A top Ukrainian intelligence official also foresees Ukraine regaining control of Crimea and Russia paying reparations.
The head of Ukraine's military intelligence agency says the country's defense forces will soon see"significant victories" and will have won the war against Russia by summer.
Major General Kyrylo Budano, intelligence chief for the Ukrainian Defense Ministry, made the remarks in an interview with news outlet Obozrevatel published Tuesday. Following a string of wins in Ukraine's recent counteroffensive against Russia, Budano's statement is one of the most direct predictions of victory by a Ukrainian official.
Speaking to Orest Sohar, Obozrevatel's editor-in-chief, Budano predicted that Ukrainian forces"will make significant progress" by the end of the year, saying"you will soon see it." Budano said that progress could include the liberation of Kherson, a region claimed by Russia in southern Ukraine"At the end of spring, it should all end," Budano said."Everything should be finished by the summer.
Shop owners on Tuesday board up smashed windows of their store in Kozacha Lopan, Kharkiv Oblast, Ukraine. The head of intelligence for the Ukrainian Defense Ministry says Ukraine will win the war against Russia by summer.Budano also said in the interview that the end of the war will mean Ukraine reestablishing its 1991 borders that were recognized internationally when it declared independence from the collapsing Soviet Union.
Since launching a counteroffensive, Ukrainian forces have reclaimed 940 square miles in previously occupied areas of the country's eastern region, President
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