“Our special services say that the Russian Federation really has a plan to take Kharkiv or Sumy, but we don’t know how serious these plans are and whether the Russians are capable of implementing them,” the commander of the ground forces of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
The main thing from Pavlyuk’s interview for The Times :
▪️ The goals of the Russians for 2024: complete occupation of the Donetsk and Luhansk regions and, if they succeed Zaporizhzhya region. ▪️ The Russians have an advantage in artillery and an advantage in the air by a ratio of ten to one. ▪️ The US aid package, combined with EU support, could give Ukraine a strategic initiative. ▪️ Drones are now killing more soldiers on both sides than anything else, making it impossible to create a large strike force. This forced both sides to withdraw from the movement in battalions or even companies. ▪️ You can’t even compare the war of 2022 with the war we have now. These are two completely different wars. The end of the war will take place thanks to the technological advantage and real isolation of Russia. ▪️ By the end of the year, the Russians intend to mobilize about 300 thousand more soldiers.