War will end when Ukraine reaches its 1991 borders - Head of Ukrainian Intelligence

UKRAINSKA PRAVDA - MONDAY, 4 JULY 2022, 11:24

Kyrylo Budanov, head of the Chief Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defence of Ukraine, predicts that the war with Russia will end when Ukraine reaches its 1991 borders, and the first visible results of the turning point will be seen as early as August this year.

Source: Kyrylo Budanov, head of the Chief Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defence of Ukraine, in an interview with RBC-Ukraine

Quote from Budanov: "Reaching the 1991 borders will be the end of this whole adventure that Russia has undertaken."

Details: Budanov believes that this may happen as early as next year. According to him, the first visible results of the turning point could be observed in August, and by the end of the year the intensity of hostilities will decrease.

Reminder:

• Russia attacked Ukraine on 24 February. Russian Federation President Vladimir Putin expected to take Kyiv and Ukraine in just a few days. This was hinted at in every possible way by the Russian leadership, confirmed by various intelligence agencies, and also reported by captured Russian soldiers who had already been left without food in early March, because they had been given dry rations for only a few days.
• In early April, Dmitry Peskov, press secretary to the President of the Russian Federation, expressed hope that the war in Ukraine would end "in the coming days or in the near future" due to Russia achieving its goals, or through negotiations.
• In early June, Peskov said that the war in Ukraine will end when the Russian Federation fulfils all the goals of the so-called "special operation" set by Putin.

Since the beginning of a full-scale war, the Russian army has lost about 36,200 soldiers killed in Ukraine.