The NSDC predicts a new Russian offensive campaign in the Donbas on February 24.

The Russian army’s second offensive may begin on February 24 in the Donetsk and Luhansk regions, said the Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council, Oleksiy Danilov. There are signs that the aggressor’s military is actively accumulating and preparing its forces for the first anniversary of the beginning of the “Special Operation”. Thus, according to Danilov, the Russian military has the task of completely capturing the Donetsk and Luhansk regions in order to sell this victory to its population and finally annex these territories and claim them as part of the Russian Federation. In addition, the occupiers have been scouting the Ukrainian Armed Forces’ defense capabilities in the Zaporizhzhia region for a week and have many troops there. The secretary of the National Security Council notes that currently the Ukrainian border guard and defense forces’ vigilance is in a completely different state than last year.