Russian troops regroup before the attack on Kharkiv - intelligence

OLHA HLUSCHENKO - SATURDAY, 9  APRIL, 2022, 05:32

BUDANOV, PHOTO: CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE DIRECTORATE

The Russian military is regrouping in eastern Ukraine and plans to move towards Kharkiv.

Source: Chief of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defence of Ukraine, Major General Kyrylo Budanov in an interview with CNN

Quote: "They (Russian troops - ed.)  are regrouping towards the [Ukrainian] city of Izyum via Belgorod. They are moving through Belgorod.

They are picking up additional troops in Belgorod in order to make up for their losses in Ukraine."

"They are planning to advance towards Kharkiv first of all. 

They will try to finish off the city of Mariupol and only after that might they try to actively advance towards Kyiv. "