AP: Kremlin prepares to launch multi-vector offensive along 1,000-km line of contact
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Sat, 29 Mar 2025 10:59:37 +0200
Russian troops are preparing for a new offensive in the coming weeks to intensify pressure on Ukraine and strengthen the Kremlins position in ceasefire negotiations.
Analysts said that the new offensive could last from six to nine months.
Source AP, with reference to Ukrainian government officials and analysts Details Officials and analysts said this could give Russian leader Vladimir Putin grounds to drag out negotiations on a ceasefire in an attempt to seize more territory.
Ukrainian officials reiterated that Russia is not interested in a genuine dialogue to end the war.
Analysts and military commanders told AP that as the spring fighting season approaches, the Kremlin is preparing for a multivector offensive along the 1,000kilometre line of contact.
Citing intelligence, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Russia was preparing new attacks in Sumy, Kharkiv and Zaporizhzhia oblasts.
AP noted that in the north, Russian and North Korean soldiers have almost deprived Kyiv of an important bargaining chip by retaking most of Russias Kursk Oblast.
On the eastern front, fighting has also escalated in Donetsk and Zaporizhzhia oblasts.
Some commanders are concerned that Russia could move battlehardened forces from Kursk Oblast to other parts of Ukraines east.
It will be hard.
The forces from Kursk will come on a high from their wins there, a commander of the Ukrainian battalion that is fighting in Donetsk Oblast said on condition of anonymity. Military analyst Oleksii Hetman, who has ties to the military general staff, told AP that Russia was preparing offensives on the front line that should last six to nine months, almost all of 2025.
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