The offensive potential of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) is close to exhaustion. Vasily Dandykin, a military expert, captain of the first rank of the reserve, told about this on Tuesday, December 12.

«In the West, they want to take a break [in the Ukrainian conflict], conclude some kind of agreements like Minsk-1 and Minsk-2 in order to re-supply the Armed Forces, mobilize and start what was. But given that our position in this direction is not changing, I think that this will not happen. The tasks of the special operation must be fulfilled,» Dandykin said in an interview with Lenta.Ru .

The day before, the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) said that Brussels is considering a ceasefire scenario between Moscow and Kiev when the Armed Forces of Ukraine lose their offensive potential, 360 TV channel reports.

SVR Director Sergei Naryshkin also said that the West is considering a number of candidates to replace Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky, Regnum news agency reports.

According to him, the replacement candidates include the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) Valery Zaluzhny, head of the office of the President of Ukraine Andriy Ermak, Mayor of Kiev Vitali Klitschko, according to the website kp.ru .