Intelligence Chief Budanov to head Defense Ministry after upcoming reshuffle.

Intelligence Chief #KyryloBudanov will replace Defense Minister #OleksiiReznikov, lawmaker #DavidArakhamia said on Feb. 5.

#Arakhamia, head of the governing Servant of the People faction, said that #Reznikov would remain in government, overseeing #Ukraine's defense sector.

⁉️Kyrylo deserves it, I bet he is going to do an excellent job!

❗️#OleksiyReznikov is transferred to the position of Minister for Strategic Industries to strengthen military-industrial cooperation.

Major General #KyryloBudanov will head the Ministry of Defense

▪️ Ministry of Internal Affairs - #IhorKlymenko.

▪️SBU - #VasylMalyuk.

#Ukraine

Media: #Zelenskyy to dismiss Defense Minister #Reznikov, intelligence chief seen as likely successor.

#Ukrainian Defense Minister #OleksiiReznikov will likely be dismissed from his ministerial post next week, Ukrainian news outlet #UkrainskaPravda reported on Feb. 5, citing government and military sources.

According to the sources, the likely replacement for Reznikov is understood to be #KyryloBudanov, head of #Ukraine's military intelligence agency #HUR.

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⚡️#Budanov: Approximately 326,000 #Russian soldiers currently fight in #Ukraine.

Chief of Defense Intelligence #KyryloBudanov said in an interview with the #Washington_Post that approximately 326,000 Russian soldiers are currently fighting in Ukraine.

According to Budanov, only 9% of Russia's long-range Kalibr missiles remain. Those numbers can't be independently verified.

Chief of the Main Intelligence Directorate #KyryloBudanov believes that this year #Russia will focus on the occupation of #Donetsk and #Luhansk regions. He calls a renewed offensive from Belarus unlikely - such a move would only demonstrate the intention to distract the Defense Forces.

In an interview with The Washington Post, he said that the troops must do everything to ensure that "#Crimea returns home by the summer."

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#Ukraine

Today, the head of the #GUR of the Ministry of Defense of #Ukraine, #KyryloBudanov, and the head of the #SBU, #VasylMalyuk, held a joint working meeting.

#Ukrainians will soon see its results and the enemy will feel them.

Rumors about the alleged misunderstanding between the heads of the GUR of the Ministry of Defense of #Ukraine and the SBU are hostile narratives.

#DenysKireev was a verified employee of the State Security Service, and he was killed by #SBU employees - #KyryloBudanov

According to Budanov, Kireyev was killed in a SBU car. And he knows exactly who did it.

"There was a conversation about this situation with the then head of the SBU Bakanov, he was unable to explain anything properly, it was our last conversation," Budanov said.

According to him, the SBI is currently investigating the murder of Kireev.

#Ukraine plans major counter-offensive in spring, - #Budanov

Ukraine is planning a "serious" counteroffensive in the spring, and the fighting on the front line in March will be "the hottest", said #KyryloBudanov, chief of the Defense Intelligence of Ukraine.

"Then we will see more liberation of territories and the final defeat of the #RussianFederation. This will happen throughout Ukraine from #Crimea to #Donbas," he said.

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Head of the Ministry of Defense of #Ukraine #KyryloBudanov visited the advanced positions of the #Ukrainian Defense Forces in #Bakhmut

Kyrylo Budanov visited the forward positions of the Ukrainian Defense Forces in Bakhmut, where special intelligence officers work.

The major general also defined the tasks and awarded the soldiers who distinguished themselves during the destruction of the occupiers.

The #terrorist group released 540 out of 1,700 (contracted) #Iranian #Shaheds in #Ukraine, - Director General of the Ministry of Defense #KyryloBudanov in an interview with The New York Times.

It is not known for sure how much the terrorist paid #Iran for them. The production of one such drone costs about $7,000.

#Budanov noted that regarding #ballistic missiles, Iran currently refuses to supply them to the #RussianFederation.

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