The Ministry of Defense noted that the Russians will try to keep the land corridor to the temporarily occupied Crimea and seize the entire Donetsk region.

In the next four to five months, the Russian Federation may go on the offensive from the north or east and is ready to lose up to 70,000 of its troops.

As the representative of the Main Directorate of Intelligence of the Ministry of Defense Andriy Chernyak stated, the Russians understand that they will lose, but they do not plan to end the war and will try to continue offensive actions, reports RBC-Ukraine.

“According to the estimates of military intelligence of Ukraine, the Russian army may lose up to 70,000 people in the next 4-5 months. And the leadership of the occupying country is ready for such losses,” he said.

Chernyak is also sure that the Russians will try to keep the land corridor to the temporarily occupied Crimea and capture the entire Donetsk region.

War in Ukraine:

As of January 2, 2023, Russian troops continue to conduct assaults in the direction of Bakhmut.

Also, the enemy is trying to improve the tactical position of units of his troops in the Kupyan, Lyman, and Avdiiv directions.

In the Novopavlovsk and Zaporizhzhya directions, he leads the defense of previously occupied lines. In Kherson Oblast – regroups troops, conducts defense and shelling of positions of our troops and civilian objects along the contact line.

In the new year of 2023, the Armed Forces will not slow down the pace of destruction of the Russian invaders who came to Ukraine with the war. Yes, 720 occupiers were eliminated during the day.

Since October 2022, the occupiers have not stopped striking Ukraine’s energy infrastructure.