The Kremlin is considering second attack on Kyivalthough failed to capture the Ukrainian capital at the beginning of the war.
This was reported by the Guardian newspaper. The British media referred to the independent news site “Medusa”.
Sources close to the Kremlin and the Putin administration say the leadership of United Russia, the ruling political party, has expressed confidence that a full-fledged victory in Ukraine is possible until the end of the year.
One source said: “Currently in Ukraine there is a tendency to increase the number of participants in the conflict:
In the end, we will crush the Ukrainians. The whole thing probably will be completed by autumn.
Ukraine claims to have shot down a Russian Su-35
This may be the first downed aircraft of this type in Ukraine
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Russia’s leadership has “minimum” and “maximum” thresholds for declaring successful and completed “special military operation” in Ukrainesources say.
According to sources, the minimum required to declare victory is the complete conquest of the Donbass region, while the maximum target would be was the conquest of Kyiv.
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Deputies in Russia demanded the withdrawal of troops from Ukraine
Both are members of the Communist Party
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The editor of the English-language edition of Medusa, Kevin Rothrock, said the report suggested that Ukraine was losing the “information war” for the first time since the invasion.
Kremlin officials are also skeptical that Western countries can continue to provide huge financial and military support to Ukraine, if the war drags on, reports the site “Medusa”.
Another source said:
Sooner or later, Europe will get tired of helping. This is both money and the production of weapons that they need for themselves. They will be closer to autumn had to negotiate with Russia for gas and oil before the cold season.
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Russia has fired 115 troops for refusing to fight in Ukraine
A Russian military court has ruled that their removal from the army is legal
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It was not possible to verify this information independently.
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