Head of the Main Directorate of Intelligence of the Ministry of Defense Kirill Budanov assured that next year Ukrainians will have joy and victory. Good news should be expected in the second half of the new year.

Kirill Budanov made his prediction on the air of the national telethon, Channel 24 reports. The head of intelligence also told what his forecasts are based on.

What awaits Ukraine in 2023

Kirill Budanov believes that the war in Ukraine will end in 2023. Will it end with the victory of our state. Good news, according to the head of intelligence, should be expected in the second half of 2023 or closer to its end. ) will bring us, – said Budanov.

The head of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense noted that there are a lot of factors that will influence the victory, but in his forecasts he relies on already launched processes that will give their result in the future.

Budanov noted that a victory for Ukraine would be reaching the internationally recognized borders of 1991, but all the processes would not end there. The head of intelligence did not specify what processes he was talking about, but noted that they would continue for a long time.

Ukraine's achievements in 2022: the main thing

Last year, our country fell victim to a full-scale war Russia. However, we were able to hold Kyiv, Chernigov and Sumy and drive the enemy out of the North in the spring of 2022.

In addition, as part of successful counter-offensive operations, we managed to de-occupy almost the entire Kharkiv region, the north of the Donetsk region and a number of settlements in the west of the Luhansk region .

Also in November, our soldiers liberated the right bank of the Kherson region, including Kherson, the only regional center that has been occupied by Russia since the beginning of a full-scale invasion. At the same time, it was possible to de-occupy almost the entire Nikolaev region, except for the villages on the Kinburn Spit.

However, the struggle continues, and next year even more of our territories will return the Ukrainian flag.