(ANSA) - ROME, 28 JAN - Russia is preparing a new wave of offensives against Ukraine for 24 February, exactly one year after the beginning of the invasion.
In this sense, in recent days, the Russian armed forces have tested Ukraine's defense capabilities near Zaporizhzhia.
The secretary of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine, Oleksii Danilov, stated on Radio Svoboda, adding that the Russian objective is to expand the borders" of the eastern oblasts of Donetsk and Lugansk.
According to Danilov, the coming months will be very difficult for Ukraine "since Russia will intensify its offensives and Ukraine awaits the much-needed deliveries of arms recently promised by the Western allies".(ANSA).
