[ad_1] <br><div id="body-text"> <p class="body-1 paragraph" data-aa-component="paragraph" data-allow-readmode="">The war in Ukraine could reach a "breaking point" by August and end in defeat for Russia before the end of the year, Kyiv's head of military intelligence told the UK's Sky News on Saturday.</p><p class="body-1 paragraph" data-aa-component="paragraph" data-allow-readmode="">Major General Kyrylo Budanov, 36, told the news network that he was "optimistic" about the current trajectory of the conflict.</p><p class="body-1 paragraph" data-aa-component="paragraph" data-allow-readmode=""><strong><a href="https://news.google.com/publications/CAAqBwgKMOnQlwswi_quAw?oc=3&ceid=US:en&hl=en-US&gl=US">For all the latest headlines follow our Google News channel online or via the app.</a></strong></p><p class="body-1 paragraph" data-aa-component="paragraph" data-allow-readmode="">"The breaking point will be in the second part of August," he said.</p><p class="body-1 paragraph" data-aa-component="paragraph" data-allow-readmode="">"Most of the active combat actions will have finished by the end of this year."</p><p class="body-1 paragraph" data-aa-component="paragraph" data-allow-readmode="">As a result, we will renew Ukrainian power in all our territories that we have lost including Donbas and the Crimea," he said.</p><p class="body-1 paragraph" data-aa-component="paragraph" data-allow-readmode="">Intense fighting is currently raging in eastern Ukraine's Donbas region, where Russia has recently been concentrating its forces without making significant progress.</p><p class="body-1 paragraph" data-aa-component="paragraph" data-allow-readmode="">Budanov said that Ukraine knows "everything about our enemy. We know about their plans almost as they're being made."</p><p class="body-1 paragraph" data-aa-component="paragraph" data-allow-readmode="">The intelligence chief also made unverified claims that a coup was already under way in Moscow to depose President Vladimir Putin, and that the Russian leader was "very sick" with cancer.</p><p class="body-1 paragraph" data-aa-component="paragraph" data-allow-readmode=""><strong>Read more:</strong></p><p class="body-1 paragraph" data-aa-component="paragraph" data-allow-readmode=""><strong><a href="https://english.alarabiya.net/tools/search?query=ukraine">Moscow will respond if NATO moves nuclear forces closer to Russia’s border: RIA</a></strong></p><p class="body-1 paragraph" data-aa-component="paragraph" data-allow-readmode=""><strong><a href="https://english.alarabiya.net/News/world/2022/05/14/Russia-advises-against-travel-to-UK-because-of-unfriendly-visa-stance">Russia advises against travel to UK because of ‘unfriendly’ visa stance</a></strong></p><p class="body-1 paragraph" data-aa-component="paragraph" data-allow-readmode=""><strong><a href="https://english.alarabiya.net/News/world/2022/05/14/European-news-agencies-alliance-suspends-Russia-s-TASS">European news agencies alliance suspends Russia’s TASS</a></strong></p> </div> <br>[ad_2] <br><a href="https://english.alarabiya.net/News/world/2022/05/14/Ukraine-could-win-war-by-year-end-Kyiv-intel-chief">Source link </a>