The Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine expressed this apprehension in an interview.

The Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine fears that in the early months of 2023, Russia may attack the capital Kyiv again.

He has expressed this apprehension in an interview given to The Economist.

So far Russia and Ukraine's fighting has been concentrated in the east and south but General Valeriy Zaluzhny told the British weekly that the capital would be targeted again.

"The Russians are preparing about 200,000 new troops. I have no doubt that they will once again target Kyiv. We have done all the calculations, how many tanks, Artillery and other arrangements are required."

In the month of February, Russia sent its army to Ukraine to capture Kyiv.

The Ukrainian army held out several dozen kilometers from the capital in late March and early April.

The general said his current problems were "holding this (front) line, and not allowing ground to be captured" after pushing the Russians back from the Kharkiv region in the northeast in September and Kherson in the south last month.

According to Zaluzhny, the Russians have bombarded energy infrastructure since October, after which they were forced to retreat, as they "needed time to gather more resources" to attack with greater force in the coming months. "

"I'm no energy expert, but I think we're standing on the edge," he said.

He said destruction of the power grid by missile and drone attacks was "possible".

Attacks have already been done on the power network, due to which the country had to face power cuts.

Because of this millions of Ukrainians were forced to live in bitter cold and darkness.

He added, "We know we can defeat this enemy, but we need resources. We need 300 tanks, 600-700 IFVs (infantry fighting vehicles) and 500 howitzers."

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