Ukraine is said to be planning a “spring offensive”.
A document provides insights into how Putin's special unit "Storm Z" operates.
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Update from April 6th, 6.45 p.m .:
A disclosed Russian document gives insights into Vladimir Putin's "Storm Z" unit.
A Ukrainian military officer analyzed a Russian document on Twitter under the pseudonym "Tatarigami_UA".
The unit should be able to conduct combat operations in cities or settlements, as well as in areas with difficult geographical conditions, it said.
As part of their duties, it may also be necessary to use artillery fire and air support, Tatarigami said.
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1x Medevac Group (3 personnel)
1x UAV Crew (2 personnel) pic.twitter.com/0DxXrHN63W
— Tatarigami_UA (@Tatarigami_UA) April 6, 2023
War in Ukraine: Kiev is planning the big counter-offensive: "Only three to five people" know about it
First report from April 6th, 5:00 p.m.:
Moscow/Kiev – For some time there has been speculation about a “spring offensive” by the Ukrainian army.
So far, Kiev has kept a low profile – at least for the most part.
"No more than three to five people in the world" would know about Ukraine's plans, said Oleksiy Danilov, secretary of the National Security and Defense Council.
Danilov explained this in an interview with the radio station
Radio Svoboda (Radio Liberty)
.
When and where the counter-offensive will start, he cannot reveal.
At the same time, he warned that "when people make certain statements", there are often "untruths" behind them.
However, Danilov assured that Ukrainians will know as soon as "everything starts".
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Ukrainian soldiers fire a self-propelled howitzer at Russian positions near Bakhmut.
(archive photo)
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News about the Ukraine war: Crimean offensive could result in the use of nuclear weapons
Andriy Sybiha, deputy head of the Ukrainian presidential office, told the
Financial Times
that if the counter-offensive were successful, they would even be ready to start new negotiations.
"If we achieve our strategic goals on the battlefield and get to the administrative borders of Crimea, we are ready to open the diplomatic side and discuss the matter," Andriy Sybiha said on Thursday (April 6).
The advisor to the presidential office, Mykhailo Podoliak, however, made it clear that the talks were not about territorial concessions.
"Real negotiations" with Moscow can only take place after the complete withdrawal of Russian troops from Ukrainian territory, including Crimea, he insisted on Kiev's well-known position.
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However, western military experts fear that attempts to conquer Crimea could lead to a significant escalation of the war and could even provoke Kremlin chief Vladimir Putin to use nuclear weapons, since Moscow regards the strategically important peninsula as its own territory.
The nuclear power had always emphasized that it would defend Crimea with all the means at its disposal.
(talk with agencies)
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