Russia appears to be focused on retaining control of occupied areas of southern and eastern Ukraine and splitting the country in two, rather than taking the entire country, according to the top military intelligence official in Ukraine.
A man is holding fragments of a rocket that was launched by the Russian forces at night. This photo was taken by effem Lukatsky.
The head of the Ukrainian defense intelligence said in a statement that Russia might attempt to split the country into two, North and South Korea, according to a translation.
A senior Pentagon official told reporters Friday that the Russian military is no longer mounting a ground offensive toward the capital.
The Kremlin suggested a change in strategy on Friday after it was announced that Russia was focusing on the liberation of the Donbas region in eastern Ukraine.
Western officials aren't convinced that Russia has given up its goal of capturing the entirety of Ukraine, according to the U.S. Ambassador to the UN.
Budanov warned of an ongoing insurgency if Russian attempts to maintain control of Ukrainian territory.
Budanov said that the season of a total Ukrainian guerrilla safari would soon begin.
The leader of the pro-Kremlin Luhansk People's Republic said there will likely be a referendum in the near future about joining Russia. There is no legal basis for a potential referendum.
Russia has seized territory in southern and eastern Ukraine, but has not made much headway in taking other regions, despite stiff resistance from Ukrainian forces. Attempts to take other large cities like Kharkiv have been unsuccessful. Reports on Saturday said that the Ukrainians took back villages near the southeastern port city of Mariupol in a series of attacks. According to American officials, the original plan for the Kremlin was not a war of attrition, but a war of power. The United States believes the slow Russian progress and bloody nature of the conflict has led to problems among Russian troops.
15,000. A senior NATO official told media outlets last week how many Russian troops may have been killed. The official said the Russian death toll is likely between 7,000 and 15,000, with tens of thousands likely being wounded or taken prisoner. Russia claimed that 1,351 of its personnel had died.
Russia wants to split the nation, says Ukraine.
Russia appears to scale back their goals.
Russian troops are dead in Ukraine.
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