Soon "crucial events" will occur on the front – Chief Directorate of Intelligence

IRYNA BALACHUK – WEDNESDAY, 17 AUGUST 2022, 14:51

The Chief Directorate of Intelligence of the Ministry of Defence of Ukraine predicts that "crucial events" may shortly occur at the fronts.

Source: Andrii Yusov, representative of the press service of the Chief Directorate of Intelligence, on the joint 24/7 newscast

Quote: "It is too early to speak about the retreat of the Russian forces from the territory of Ukraine, but Ukraine will be liberating all its territories occupied by the enemy.

In the very near future, there will certainly be some crucial events on all fronts. These events won’t necessarily be connected to particular dates, though Independence Day [of Ukraine, on 24 August -ed.] is being discussed a great deal at the moment, and this factor should be taken into consideration".

Details: Yusov reminded listeners that the Intelligence Directorate had previously reported that "August and September will be extremely important months for further combat action along the entire front".

At the moment "the global and strategic tasks undertaken by Putin, who maniacally hates Ukraine, have not changed, but ever since the full-scale invasion of Ukraine began, Russia has been getting farther and farther away from achieving these goals".

Yusov also added that the war continues, and there is active fighting on almost all fronts. 

Background: 

• Defence Minister Oleksii Reznikov believes that "freezing" the war in Ukraine is currently impossible (which was the case when Russia first occupied Donbas), but there’s a chance that the level of combat activity will decrease.
• Ukraine’s Air Force has claimed that the Russians might engage in armed provocations, including some launched from Belarus, timed to coincide with Ukraine’s Independence Day on August 24. However, the Air Force stated that it has been combat ready around the clock since the beginning of the full-fledged war with the Russian Federation.

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