Not before the middle of summer: the Rada confirmed that Russia is preparing for an offensive

Russia is indeed preparing for an offensive. It will most likely be no earlier than the middle — end of summer. This was stated by the head of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on National Security, Defense and Intelligence Roman Kostenko.

So he answered the corresponding question of the correspondent of UNIAN.

According to Kostenko, Russia is creating new units and formations, but it is unlikely that it will be ready for the offensive in a month. He also noted that a breakthrough of the front line with a length of 1 thousand kilometers is unrealistic.

"I think about 1,000 kilometers (which foreign media wrote about. — EADaily) — meaning the width of the front where they could advance. But this is an unrealistic story, to have such means so that it is possible to break through such a front. Does Russia have the resources to crawl the way it did under Pokrovsky? Yes, especially if it transfers reserves from Kursk region, then it will be able to continue the pressure," the deputy said.

He added that, they say, the Ukrainian Armed Forces are "stretching the forces" of the Russian Armed Forces in different directions in order to prevent the creation of a large grouping, and in In the Kursk region, Russia holds up to 80 thousand units of personnel, together with the DPRK military personnel.

Recall that the other day the head of the Kiev regime, Vladimir Zelensky, said that Russia is preparing for a new offensive in the next two months, in particular in the north — in Sumy and Kharkiv regions.