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Ukraine is planning new offensive operations because victory cannot be achieved solely through defense. Commander-in-Chief of the Ukrainian Armed Forces Oleksandr Syrsky stated this in an interview with lb.ua.
He emphasized that Russia’s strategic plan has not changed and provides for the occupation of all of Ukraine: only the planned deadlines, as well as the available amount of weapons and personnel, are changing.
"Therefore, we will conduct a strategic defensive operation, but we understand that victory cannot be achieved through defense. Therefore, we will conduct offensive operations, fighting to maintain the operational initiative, because this forces the enemy to commit and withdraw significant manpower, weapons, and ammunition to deter our active operations," Syrsky stated.
When asked whether a turning point in the war was possible this year, the army commander stated that it would occur under a number of conditions: achieving a technological advantage, winning the economic competition, Western support, and establishing domestic weapons production. According to Syrsky, Ukraine has every reason to do so. In this case, retreat of the Russians along the front is inevitable.
"Transitioning to a new level of technological advancement in the Armed Forces will allow us to reduce the direct involvement of humans in combat operations and increase the use of machines, primarily drone systems. And, of course, the further development of artificial intelligence as the basis for the effective use of weapons, increasing the speed of action, response time, and the development of appropriate solutions," the commander added.
Recall, January tends to be a month of preparation before the Russian and Ukrainian militaries’ spring campaigns. Cold weather and snowfall make offensive operations more difficult, and at the start of 2026 both armies are engaged in regrouping their forces. This time, however, Russian offensives and Ukrainian counterattacks are continuing on several sections of the front.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces have withdrawn the remnants of their units that had been fighting in near-total encirclement south of Kostiantynivka, along the shores of the Kleban-Bykske Reservoir, and have also pulled troops out of Myrnohrad, east of Pokrovsk. This has made it possible to redeploy some forces from the Pokrovsk area to Hulyaipole in the Zaporizhzhia region, where a large-scale Russian offensive is underway.
That said, Ukrainian commanders will likely soon have to reinforce the Pokrovsk sector again. There, Russian forces are assembling an increasingly powerful grouping for an offensive against the Kramatorsk–Sloviansk agglomeration.
Ukraine’s 12th Special Forces Brigade Azov has been withdrawn from the Kleban-Bykske Reservoir between Toretsk and Kostiantynivka, where its units had spent several months fighting in near-total encirclement. The brigade — successor to the unit that was captured in Mariupol in 2022 — has been redeployed to the Dobropillia sector. Ukrainian commanders likely believe that the simplified front line created by pulling back from the reservoir’s southern bank will allow the area to be held with fewer forces.
Russian troops immediately stepped up their offensive along the reservoir’s northern shore, advancing toward Kostiantynivka from both the southwest and the south. In the city itself, fighting continues on the southeastern outskirts. Russian forces are also trying to break through to the city from the northeast, advancing from the Siverskyi Donets–Donbas canal, where they’ve established a bridgehead on the western bank near Novomarkove.
In the Dobropillia sector, between Pokrovsk and Kostiantynivka, Russian forces are finalizing preparations for another attempt to break through toward Druzhkivka and Kramatorsk. Marine infantry units transferred to the area last fall from the Sumy region.
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