A Ukrainian military intelligence source told the Guardian that "in the first half of 2024 the third attempt to blow up the Kerch bridge" will be carried out, which connects Crimea unilaterally annexed by Moscow ten years ago to Russia. "Its destruction is inevitable," the source said.
For Kiev, the bridge is a hated symbol of the Kremlin's annexation. Its destruction would strengthen Ukraine's campaign to liberate Crimea and boost morale on and off the battlefield, where Kiev's forces are in dire straits.
It is unclear how the Ukrainian attack would develop, and there are serious doubts about the ability of the Gur to carry out a special operation against such a well-defended and obvious target. But the Gur believes it can do it: “We will do it in the first half of 2024,” one official said, adding that Kyrylo Budanov, head of the Main Intelligence Directorate, already has “most of the means to achieve this goal.” And the plan would have been approved by President Volodymyr Zelensky.
'Great risk of Ukrainian front lines collapsing'
According to senior Ukrainian officers who served under General Valery Zaluzhny, the military picture for Ukraine is grim: there is a great risk that the front lines will collapse wherever Russian generals decide to concentrate their offensive. Politico reports it.
“There is nothing that can help Ukraine now because there are no technologies that can compensate Ukraine for the large mass of troops that Russia will throw against us. We do not have these technologies and neither does the West has in sufficient numbers,” the sources said.
The Ukrainian electricity company lost 80% of its production
After the Russian attacks on March 22 and 29, the Ukrainian electricity company Dtek lost 80% of its production capacity: the company itself wrote this on Telegram. "Five out of 6 of our thermoelectric power plants are seriously damaged. The situation is extremely difficult...", we read in the post which is accompanied by a video showing the destruction inside one of the power plants hit by the Russian army.
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