Ukraine conveys condolences to T\u00fcrkiye and Syria following the deadly earthquakes that killed thousands and left thousands more without shelter. President Zelenskyi reiterated his condolences to President Erdogan and offered to send help to T\u00fcrkiye if needed. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
A renewed large-scale Russian offensive is expected to come within 10 days, and before modern western tanks and other weaponry recently pledged arrives to reinforce Ukraine\u2019s capabilities, according to an article by the Financial Times. An adviser to the Ukrainian military told the Financial Times that Kyiv had obtained \u201cvery solid intelligence of intent\u201d by Russia to launch the attack, adding that it could come within 10 days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Western analysts think a likely point for a fresh Russian attack is in the west of Luhansk region near Kreminna and Lyman where Russia has been assembling forces for weeks. Putin gave the order to seize all of the territories of Donetsk and Luhansk regions by March. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Russia will not try to seize all of Ukraine at once in a possible offensive in February, Ukraine\u2019s Defense Minister Oleksiy Reznikov said in an interview with Ukrainska Pravda. Instead, Russia is concentrating forces on a number of axes, he added. \u201cRussia has shifted its tactics to concentrate forces around attempts to seize small parts of the land \u2014 to crawl ahead by capturing ten meters each time and push [the Ukrainian troops] out,\u201d Reznikov said. The risks of Russia\u2019s renewed offensive are highest in the east and south. Then come the risks in the north, the Defense Minister said. Yet \u201cthere are no grounds to panic and flee the cities,\u201d he reassured. There remains a threat of Russian missile and drone strikes, he added, but Ukraine is bolstering its air defense capabilities. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Russia has concentrated most of its forces in Ukraine\u2019s east and south, Reznikov said. It is unlikely that the Russian forces will attempt to capture Kherson again, after they blew up the bridges and pontoon crossings as they retreated from the city. They can begin the moves on the Zaporizhzhia axis to \u201cwiden the land corridor to Crimea to connect the supply lines\u201d. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Russian forces could launch a renewed offensive in Donetsk and Luhansk regions, and on the Zaporizhzhia axis, according to the Main Intelligence Directorate of Ukraine\u2019s Defense Ministry. \u201cIn Kherson region and Crimea, the Russian forces will conduct defense,\u201d Ukraine\u2019s military intelligence said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Russia seeks to regain the initiative in the war after suffering military defeats in the past year. Last week, fighting intensified, especially on the Donetsk axis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cRussia wants revenge, revenge exactly where it didn’t succeed. They want to take the east. Our task is not to give them this chance until our army is strengthened with necessary weapons,\u201d Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyi said in a news conference after the EU-Ukraine summit last week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe enemy is at a point when, while Russia\u2019s strategic defeat is clear, at the tactical level, they still have resources to attempt an offensive,\u201d Zelenskyi said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Russia could deploy half of more than 320,000 draftees to escalate the war. Yet the overall number of the Russian troops on the borders [of Ukraine] is way higher and can reach 500,000, Ukraine\u2019s Defense Ministry said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Russia will most likely focus on occupying more territory on the Donetsk axis. Putin had ordered his armed forces to capture all of Donetsk and Luhansk regions by March, according to Ukraine\u2019s defense intelligence. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Russian forces are attempting to distract the Ukrainian troops by drawing some of the units away to the north-east of Ukraine\u2019s border, expanding the area of an offensive. <\/p>\n\n\n\n