Russians to launch intensified summer offensive in weeks or days - CNN

The aggressor country of russia has amassed 160,000 troops on the front lines in order to launch an intensified summer offensive against Ukraine in the near future, CNN reported on Thursday, July 17, citing military experts.

John Lough, head of the foreign policy department at the New Eurasian Strategies Center, a think tank, said that the russian summer offensive has likely been going on for months, and that the russians are stepping up their ground and air operations. According to him, the bombing of Ukraine is aimed at "demoralizing the population and undermining its will to fight."

"Russia is days or weeks away from launching a major summer offensive, possibly using 160,000 troops that Ukrainian officials say are massing near its front lines. But russia has also made small, but vital gains in the past two weeks, putting its troops in a better position to cut off Ukrainian forces in three key cities - Pokrovska, Kostiantynivka and Kupyansk – on the eastern front line," the report says.

The publication says that russia has made small but important gains in the past two weeks, significantly improving the position of its troops in eastern Ukraine. According to experts, Moscow hopes to stretch Ukrainian defenses and continue an active offensive within the 50 days that US President Donald Trump has given the Russian dictator, CNN writes.

As Ukrainian News Agency earlier reported, according to Reuters, russian dictator vladimir putin will not stop his aggression against Ukraine despite Western pressure and statements by US President Donald Trump.

At the same time, the general staff of the aggressor country of russia presented putin with a plan for an offensive on the territory of Ukraine in the second half of the summer.

On July 2, the head of the Center for Countering Disinformation at the National Security and Defense Council, Andrii Kovalenko, stated that the war of the aggressor country of russia against Ukraine will continue this year and continue into next year.

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