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Russia continues to actively attract troops and weapons to the Ukrainian border and the occupied part of Donbass. This increases the likelihood of an offensive by the aggressor country in mid-spring.
In this regard, hostilities in eastern Ukraine can escalate within a month. This statement was made by Russian military expert Pavel Felgenhauer, according to OBOZREVATEL material.
“The war in Donbass can start in about a month. It is very likely. Because in addition to gathering military equipment and contingents, Russia is overtaking three large Baltic landing ships. They have already passed the English Channel,” the expert said. .
We will recall that the former Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for the Temporarily Occupied Territories of Ukraine, Oleksiy Reznikov, pointed out in an interview with our newspaper that the threat of a large-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine is unlikely. Even if this happens, the Ukrainians will be able to defend their land and their freedom.
At the same time, a large closed-door meeting with military generals and intelligence representatives was held in the Office of the President of Ukraine on April 1 due to the aggravation of the situation in Donbass, Oleksiy Danilov said.
As OBOZREVATEL reported:
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Ben Hodges, a former commander of the US military in Europe, believes that the accumulation of Russian troops on the border with Ukraine does not necessarily mean that Moscow is planning a new military operation.
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The Kremlin said that the movement of Russian troops and the accumulation of forces along the border with Ukraine should not disturb or threaten other states.
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The Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine reported that the Russian Federation is completing the preparation of a set of measures, the purpose of which is “to induce our state to a military response to the hostile actions of the occupiers” in the Donbas. .
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Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy reacted to the accumulation of Russian troops in occupied Crimea and near the border with Ukraine. According to him, in this way the aggressor country is trying to create a feeling of threat and “flexes its muscles.”
