The deputy head of the Ukrainian military secret service, Wadym Skibizkyj, expects his army to launch a counter-offensive against the Russian occupiers this spring. “I think we will be ready for a counter-offensive in the spring,” Skibizkyj told newspapers of the Funke media group. However, the exact time depends on several factors – such as the delivery of Western weapons, which are very important for the attacked country.
Skibizkyj stressed that Ukraine’s goal is the liberation of all of its territory – including the Black Sea peninsula of Crimea, which Russia annexed in 2014. “We will not stop until we have our country back within the 1991 borders. our message to Russia and the international community.”
He also said, according to the information: “It is one of our strategic military objectives to try to drive a wedge on the Russian front in the south – between Crimea and the Russian mainland.”
The secret service agent also did not rule out attacks against weapons depots in areas close to the Russian border: “It is possible that we will also destroy weapons depots or military equipment on Russian territory, for example around the city of Belgorod. Attacks on Ukraine are launched from there. This is something of a threat to Kharkiv.”