Reserve Colonel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Roman Svitan believes that the large-scale offensive of the Russian army, which has been talked about recently, will not happen.

In his opinion,

This opinion was expressed by a military expert on the air of "Apostrophe".

"I will say a phrase that is perhaps not quite popular at the moment - there will be no offensive.

He simply won't be there.

There will be an increase in Russian pressure.

There will be an increase in offensive actions along the entire front line.

But there will simply be no large-scale offensive. 

," he said.

A possible threat of a second attack

It will be recalled that the commander-in-chief of the Ukrainian Armed Forces 

 warned in the fall that Russia is preparing for a new offensive against Ukraine.

According to him, for this purpose, the head of the Kremlin, Putin, is gathering a group of up to 200,000 troops, which he can launch into the offensive in February or spring. 

The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation confirmed preparations for new offensive actions in Ukraine.

As the Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation, Serhiy Shoigu, explained, the Russian Federation conducted a partial mobilization for this very reason.

Meanwhile, British intelligence notes that it is likely that Russia is trying to resume major offensive operations in Ukraine from early January 2023.

However, we are talking about an offensive in the east.

The occupiers want to capture the rest of the Ukrainian-controlled part of the Donetsk region.

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