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| Ukraine Ministry of Defense of announced the preparation of intelligence for counteroffensive |
| 2022-07-13 |
| Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. [RIA Novosti] Ukrainian intelligence officers are preparing to fulfill the task set by Volodymyr Zelensky to liberate the south of the country, work is underway to reveal the plans and locations of the Russian military, Vadym Skibitsky, a spokesman for the main intelligence department of the Defense Ministry, said. Earlier, Ukrainian Defense Minister Oleksiy Reznikov, in an interview with the British newspaper The Times, said that Volodymyr Zelensky had ordered the military to liberate the southern territory of the country. For this purpose, "millions of fighting forces equipped with Western weapons" are being assembled. In turn, Deputy Prime Minister of Ukraine Irina Vereshchuk said that the Ukrainian army was launching a counteroffensive and called on the civilian population to leave the territories controlled by Russia. "We are not just preparing, we are conducting reconnaissance. Our main task is to reveal the plans, intentions, and locations of the Russian Federation, so that the General Staff can plan the appropriate actions of the defense forces. We are fulfilling this task, attracting all the forces and means that we have. That task, Once set, it will be carried out, but a lot will depend on the assistance we are provided, on the potential we accumulate to carry out more active counter-offensive actions," Skibitsky said on the air of the All-Ukrainian telethon. During the special operation, the Russian military took control of the Kherson region and the Azov part of the Zaporozhye region in southern Ukraine. Civil-military administrations were formed in the regions, the ruble was put into circulation, and Russian TV channels and radio stations began broadcasting. The regions announced plans to become subjects of the Russian Federation. |
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