Putin 'Still Wants Kyiv As Army Set For Winter Push
Daily Mirror UK|June 21, 2022
Smoke rises above Severodonetsk as Russia steps up its assault on Luhansk region
Chris Hughes
Putin 'Still Wants Kyiv As Army Set For Winter Push

THE Kremlin is still determined to capture Kyiv and is secretly preparing troops for a second-wave attack, it is believed.

Western and Ukrainian intelligence sources believe Russian commanders have ordered a huge retraining and recruitment drive to prepare for a winter offensive.

It is believed Vladimir Putin is determined to hit Kyiv with intense air strikes and even launch a full-on armoured and air-assault push south from neighbouring Belarus.

This story is from the June 21, 2022 edition of Daily Mirror UK.

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