February 24 will be exactly one year since the start of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. On the occasion of this dramatic anniversary, Russia is reportedly preparing a new wave of offensives against Ukraine. In this sense, in recent days, the Russian armed forces have tested Ukraine’s defense capabilities near Zaporizhzhia. The secretary of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine, Oleksii Danilov, told Radio Svoboda, adding that “Russia’s goal is to expand the borders” of the eastern oblasts of Donetsk and Luhansk. According to Danilov, the coming months will be very difficult for Ukraine “as Russia intensifies its offensives and Ukraine awaits much-needed arms deliveries recently promised by Western allies”.
“The situation at the front, and especially in the Donetsk region, remains extremely serious. The occupiers are deliberately and methodically destroying these towns and surrounding villages. The Russian army has no shortage of means of destruction. And it can only be stopped by force,” said Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. Meanwhile, the Italian government will launch the sixth shipment of arms in the next few days: “The third world war would begin when the Russian tanks arrive in Kiev, and therefore at the borders of Europe. Not doing so is the only way to stop World War III,” Defense Minister Guido Crosetto said.
