Russia wanted to declare 2023 a "victorious" year, but the Russians had no real military success. This was stated by the head of the GUR Kirill Budanov in an interview with Le Monde, UNN reports .
This may surprise you, but the reason for the shelling is very banal. The Russian Ministry of Defense was summarizing the results of 2023: they wanted to show something quickly to declare the year a victorious one and move on to the next. However, they had no real military successes,
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Budanov, commenting on the strikes on Ukraine on December 29 and January 2, noted that given the huge stockpiles of missiles that Russia had accumulated on its side, the option was obvious. It was the Ukrainian military infrastructure that was targeted by the high-precision missiles, but they have many drawbacks.
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President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that Russia will be preparing a counteroffensive to win at least some "small victories" before the election of dictator Putin