Ukraine is determined to reclaim Crimea and eastern territories annexed by Russia in 2014, and Putin’s government is caught in a dilemma of neither winning nor stopping the war. The picture shows the Ukrainian multiple rocket launcher BM-21 battery system fires artillery fire on positions of Russian troops near Lugansk in the Donbas region on April 10, 2022. (Image credit: ANATOLII STEPANOV/AFP via Getty Images)
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[See China, May 22, 2022](See Chinese reporter Li Ao compiled/comprehensive report) Ukraine will continue to fight against the invasion until the Russian army is expelled from all its territory, the head of the Ukrainian Military Intelligence Service (GUR) said. This includes Crimea, which Moscow annexed in 2014, and other parts of Ukraine it occupied. And, he called on the West to deliver long-range heavy weapons and fighter jets to help Kyiv achieve this goal.
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“I don’t know any borders except the 1991 border.” Ukraine’s military intelligence chief Kerrillo. In an exclusive interview with The Wall Street Journal, Major General Kyrylo Budanov said he was referring to the year Ukraine gained independence from the Soviet Union.
“Who can force Ukraine to freeze the conflict? It’s a war for all Ukrainians, and if anyone in the world thinks they can impose conditions on Ukraine under which it can or cannot defend itself, then they are very wrong.”
In an interview at his Kyiv office, General Budanov said that the Ukrainian army has now started some counterattacks, and to speed up the counterattack, Ukraine urgently needs medium and long-range missile systems, large-caliber artillery and strike fighters to eliminate Russia’s manpower and equipment. The advantages.
“We have already started offensives in some places, but a large-scale offensive without these weapons would be very difficult,” the general said.
Ukraine’s next operational focus on U.S. ‘restraint’ aid
As peace talks between Moscow and Kyiv stalled, Ukrainian forces have been pushing Russian troops farther and being forced to retreat in the northeastern region of Ukraine’s second-largest city, Kharkiv. Ukraine has recaptured a series of villages in recent days.
General Budanov revealed that in the next few months, the Ukrainian army will shift its focus to expelling Russian troops from the territories it has occupied in southern Ukraine and the eastern Donbas region.
The U.S. Congress on Thursday (May 19) approved an additional $6 billion in direct military aid to Ukraine and $8.8 billion in economic aid to the Ukrainian government.
Washington has delivered about 90 M777 howitzers in recent weeks, the first major NATO shipments of standard heavy weapons. It is reported that another 18 are on the way.
So far, however, the U.S. Biden administration has been reluctant to approve Ukrainian demands for other long-range weapons, such as the Himars multiple rocket system, in part because of U.S. concerns that the delivery of such weapons could prompt Moscow escalate the war.
General Budanov dismissed these concerns.
“We are fighting a war on our own territory,” he said, stressing that the Russian military used “all” of its weapons to destroy Ukraine, except nuclear weapons.
“If anyone thinks we have to limit the use of certain types of weapons, I want to remind them that Russia uses absolutely every type of weapon it has, from submarine-launched cruise missiles to strategic bombers.”
“So far, all Russian weapons have been used here (Ukraine), except for nuclear weapons.”
Ukraine and the United States have “all plans” for Russia, the latter may insist on war until the end of the year
General Budanov revealed that the Ukrainian Military Intelligence Service has a huge network and is paying close attention to Vladimir. President Vladimir Putin and other senior Russian leaders.
He noted that U.S. intelligence shared details with Kyiv about Russia’s planned invasion before the war, and that Ukraine also has its own sources to learn more about Moscow’s deliberations.
In addition to collecting and analyzing information, the Ukrainian Military Intelligence Service has its own combat and special operations forces. It is working closely with the U.S. intelligence community and other partners who helped Ukraine repel a Russian invasion.
“We have all their plans,” he said.
The Ukrainian general disclosed that he believes Russia has at least enough money to continue fighting until the end of the year.
Putin’s strategic failure and today’s “dead end”
While Russia may persist with its invasion of Ukraine for a long time, Ukraine’s military intelligence chief said the war has been a strategic defeat for Russia and its leader Vladimir Putin.
“Putin is at an absolute dead end.” “He can’t stop the war, and he can’t win it,” General Budanov pointed out.
“For objective reasons, he cannot win. And in order to stop it (war), he has to admit that Russia is simply not the powerful and great country he wants to portray.”
He said that once Putin could not conquer Ukraine, he would face threats from within Russia: “If they finally realize that the Tsar is not as great and powerful as he pretends to be, this is a step towards undermining the statehood of Russia today. step.”
The Inside Story of Putin’s War
In the interview, General Budanov pointed out that although Moscow has complete information about Ukraine, Putin still chose the worst option – to go to war.
He said that an estimated 40 percent of Russia’s top military and intelligence commanders are from Ukraine, so Moscow does not lack expertise in the Ukrainian government, military and society.
However, Budanov disclosed that Putin rejected the more cautious advice of his advisers when he launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine on February 24, according to reports from Ukraine’s military intelligence service.
“I’m surprised by Russia’s stupidity,” General Budanov said bluntly. “Of all the options before the war, Mr Putin chose the most brutal and worst option for him.”
“Russian experts have repeatedly warned him that this option is the last option and must be assessed very carefully. They offered him a better option.”
“Now we’re seeing results.”
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