The Russian military is regrouping in eastern Ukraine and plans to advance towards the city of Kharkiv, the head of Ukraine’s Defense Intelligence told Christiane Amanpour of the CNNthis Friday (8).
“They are regrouping towards the city [ucraniana] called Izium. They are moving through Belgorod. They receive additional troops in Belgorod to compensate for their losses in Ukraine,” Kyrylo Budanov said in an interview with CNNin Kiev.
“They plan to advance to Kharkiv first. They will try to wipe out the city of Mariupol and only after that, they can try to advance towards Kiev,” he said.
Budanov called on Ukraine’s allies to provide “really serious” military support to help fight the Russian offensive. He said heavy artillery, anti-aircraft missile systems and fighter planes were needed to use “against Russian ground forces”.
“Ukraine needs really serious support in heavy weaponry, and we don’t need it tomorrow, we need it today,” he said.
Budanov said the weaknesses of the Russian military were on display in Ukraine. Russia’s troops were “defeated” in the Kiev region and its military effort hampered by logistics, he said.
Source: CNN Brasil
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