Ukraine announces new attack plan, Crimea sky "red with fire"

Ukrainian military intelligence chief Kirill Budanov confirmed that his country's forces will continue actions against Russia this spring.

Ukrainian T-72 tanks fire at enemy positions near Bakhmut in March 2020. (Source: AFP)

RT quoted Mr. Budanov in an interview with the British Telegraph newspaper, declaring that Russia's offensive campaign around the settlements in Donbass including Kupyansk, Liman, Bakhmut and Avdeevka will "completely end" by "early spring".

The situation on the front remains "dramatic," according to unnamed "generals and soldiers" who spoke to Germany's Die Welt newspaper last week, citing shortages of vital ammunition and new recruits.

It remains unclear how Kiev will get the weapons or half a million troops it needs to make up for losses after its 'failed' counter-offensive last summer.

Last month, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky announced plans to call up about 500,000 new conscripts to make up for the number of soldiers killed since the conflict began.

In a development related to the conflict in Ukraine, on January 31, Ukrainian Air Force Commander Mykola Oleshchuk posted a video of an attack on Russia's Belbek military airport in Crimea on Telegram and stated clearly: "Ukrainian pilots will definitely return to their home airport."

On the Russian side, the country's Ministry of Defense announced on the same day that on January 31, the military shot down 17 missiles launched by Ukraine in the Black Sea and 3 other missiles in the Crimean Peninsula.

The statement said: “Combat air defense forces shot down 17 Ukrainian missiles over the Black Sea and three more over the Crimean Peninsula.”

Debris from the missile fell near Lyubimovka, a northern suburb of Sevastopol.

Sevastopol Governor Mikhail Razvozhayev confirmed that the debris fell “near Federovskaya Street (on the outskirts of Sevastopol) in private territory” but caused no casualties.

Source: https://baoquocte.vn/ukraine-tuyen-bo-ke-hoach-tan-cong-moi-bau-troi-crimea-do-lua-259541.html