Chapter The Main Intelligence Directorate, Lieutenant General Kirill Budanov said that the Ukrainian Defense Forces will liberate Bakhmut.
Kirill Budanov spoke about this in an interview with The War Zone.
According to him, the Ukrainian Armed Forces’ counter-offensive on the south will continue as long as we have the resources. In parallel with this, operations are being carried out to de-occupy Bakhmut.
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Recently, the Ukrainian Armed Forces regained Kleshchiyivka – a seemingly small piece of land, but it is located on a hill from which a view of the rest of the area opens up.
< p>The next step of the Ukrainian Defense Forces — This is to cut off all supply routes going to Bakhmut.
In practice, the Ugra operation will be similar to the Russian one, which the occupiers used to capture Bakhmut. The only difference is that the Russians carried out assault attacks on the city, which led to very large losses in manpower.
—We will not do this. We will try to encircle the city and only after it is taken will we enter the city,” said the head of the GUR.
