MDI: the Russian Federation is currently not capable of attacking Kyiv, Kharkiv, Chernihiv and Sumy

Deputy Head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, Vadym Skibitskyi. Photo: RBU-Ukraine

Russia currently does not have the strength to launch a powerful offensive operation in the western strategic direction.

Vadym Skibitskyi, deputy head of the Main Directorate of Intelligence (MDI) of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, said this in an interview with Interfax-Ukraine.

«When we talk about conducting a strategic operation, the Russian Federation clearly cannot conduct it in two directions now. What categories do we operate in? First of all, before the start of the war, the strategic directions for the Russian troops were defined, which in principle remain, and what a strategic operation is,» explained Vadym Skibitskyi.

According to the deputy head of the State Administration of Ukraine, a strategic operation is an operation conducted in a separate strategic direction. In Ukraine, Russia had two strategic directions:

• the south-western strategic direction (cities where active hostilities are currently taking place) — the area of responsibility of the southern military district;
• the western strategic direction (Kharkiv, Sumy, Chernihiv, Kyiv Region) is the responsibility of the Western Military District.

«Russia continues strategic operations in only one direction. It has no troops, no forces, no means to carry out a powerful offensive operation in the western strategic direction. The Russian Federation currently does not have a strategic reserve, they are trying to create one. Everything that was created was immediately brought to our territory. The 18th Army, 25th Army, 3rd Army Corps — they are all fighting, there is no reserve,» explained Vadym Skibitskyi.

We will remind you that the Main Directorate of Intelligence of the Ministry of Defense learned about the beginning of the active phase of Russia's information operation under the code name «Perun». The Russian Federation will involve foreign media to justify aggression against Ukraine.