Oleg Davygora22:50, 01/31/24

Refusing to acknowledge Ukraine’s involvement in drone attacks in Russia, he said such operations were “quite possible.”

The head of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ukrainian Defense Ministry, Kirill Budanov, estimates that there are more than half a million Russian troops in the occupied Ukrainian territories , but he does not see much potential for movement on the front line in the short term.

In an interview  with CNN, he suggested that attacks on Russian infrastructure could intensify. Refusing to acknowledge Ukraine’s involvement in drone attacks in Russia, he said such operations were “quite possible.”

“Hypothetically, there is a plan according to which all this happens. And I believe that this plan includes all the main critical infrastructure facilities and military infrastructure facilities of the Russian Federation,” he said.

Now Russian citizens, he said, are finally “seeing the real picture of the war.”

“They see burning oil depots, destroyed factories and factories, and so on. This is all beneficial,” Budanov added.

Attacks on Russian infrastructure – details

On the night of January 31, a drone fell on the territory of the Nevsky Mazut oil refinery in St. Petersburg . The Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense is behind this operation. 

It is noted that the Russians tried to shoot down a Ukrainian UAV using the S-400 complex, the most powerful air defense system in the enemy’s arsenal. However, the drone still fell on the territory of the Nevsky Oil Refinery.

(C)UNIAN 2024