In five years, the Russians can completely prepare sites for offensive operations at least in the north of Europe, a Ukrainian Armed Forces officer warned.

Russian dictator Vladimir Putin, by decrees, approved the creation of two more military districts in the Russian Federation – Leningrad and Moscow, and these districts are needed for attack.

Military districts are platforms where a sufficient number of forces and means necessary to carry out an attack will be deployed, said pilot instructor, reserve colonel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Roman Svitan on Radio NV. The expert noted that a lot of money is needed to create a military district.

“…in five years they (Russian invaders – Ed.) can completely prepare platforms for offensive actions at least in the north of Europe. The Leningrad and Moscow districts are the direction towards the Baltic countries, Finland. That is, this is exactly the Baltic theme. And the Russians have already begun this process,” the officer warned.

The Ukrainian Armed Forces colonel added that the Southern Military District (the headquarters is located in Rostov-on-Don) is engaged in full-scale aggression against Ukraine, and the Russian authorities have poured a lot of money into it. “They began to develop this district and prepare for it in five to seven years,” the interlocutor emphasized.

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On February 26, it became known that Vladimir Putin signed decrees that provided for the creation of the Leningrad and Moscow military districts. It is worth noting that since 2010 there have been four military districts in the Russian Federation – Western, Central, Eastern and Southern.

The Russian Federation has repeatedly made aggressive statements towards the EU countries and the USA. Ukrainian authorities warned that if the Russian invaders gain victory in our country, then NATO member states will also be threatened with aggression.

At the beginning of 2024, the head of the German Ministry of Defense, Boris Pistorius, said that an armed conflict was possible between the member states of the Alliance and the Russians. In his opinion, such a scenario could become a reality in five to eight years.