Zelenskyy: Russia is planning new operations in Europe, evidence shows

Zelenskyy heard a report today from the head of Ukraine's Defense Intelligence, Kyrylo Budanov. He gave many details about the situation in Russia and the Russian defense industry.

“We’re aware of the aggressor state’s key vulnerabilities and will strike accordingly to defend our state and people, as well as to significantly reduce Russia’s capacity for aggression,” the president said.

He added that Ukrainian intelligence records “a continued intellectual decline” of the Russian leadership.

“We are observing a continued intellectual decline within the Russian leadership and have evidence that they are preparing new military operations on European territory. We are also witnessing the very tangible damage being inflicted on Russia’s economic system by sanctions, which confirms the correctness of our course of forcing Russia to end the war through the intensification of sanctions and other forms of pressure,” he added.

Zelenskyy emphasized that Ukraine will inform its partners about the facts obtained by the intelligence and is preparing joint decisions for defense. In particular, with the UK and the EU.

Europe is preparing for a possible war with Russia

After Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Europe also became concerned about Russian aggression and began preparing for it. They are rearming armies, developing plans and strategies to repel a possible attack.

The German army has developed a strategic document in which it identified Russia as an existential threat to Germany and Europe as a whole.

Before that, the German Bundeswehr warned that Russia was preparing for a war with NATO. And it could be ready for it by the end of this decade, according to an army report obtained by the German media.