Kyrylo Budanov made the comment amid reports of Ukrainian advances in the south.
The head of Ukraine's military intelligence has said that Kyiv's forces have in their sights the peninsula that Russia seized in 2014.
linking Crimea with the Russian region of Krasnodar was hit by blasts, amid reports that Kyiv's domestic security service and the Ukrainian Navy were responsible.
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