A Ukrainian intelligence representative said Putin has imposed a new deadline for his military chief to seize control of the Donbas region.
, a representative of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, told Ukraine's Freedom TV on Monday that General Valery Gerasimov was ordered to capture the eastern region in Ukraine by March. The news outlet Ukrainska Pravda reported that Yusov also said during the interview that Putin has set similar deadlines in the past without success.
"This is not the first timeframe. It got delayed every time. It will be a year since the start of the full-scale invasion, and a year of them 'capturing Kyiv in three days.' They will not succeed this time as well," Yusov said, as translated by Ukrainska Pravda. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov was asked on Tuesday about the alleged March deadline imposed by Putin on Gerasimov for taking the Donbas region, according to the Russian state-run news agency TASS.
"No, I cannot [comment on it] and have zero intention of doing it," Peskov reportedly answered during a press conference. Above, Russian President Vladimir Putin delivers a speech during the Informal Summit of the Commonwealth of Independent States on December 26, 2022, in Saint Petersburg. Inset: Ukrainian servicemen fire a weapon toward Russian positions at a front line in the Donbas region on June 15, 2022. A Ukrainian intelligence spokesperson said that Putin has now given the head of Russian forces a March deadline to capture the region.
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