Russia has all but abandoned efforts to take more territory and is now focusing on defending its positions in preparation for a brutal counteroffensive by Ukraine, the head of military intelligence in has said.Kyrylo Budanov, the head of the Ukrainian Defense Ministry's Main Intelligence Directorate, said Vladimir 's forces were channeling almost all of their offensive operations into trying to capture the bitterly-contested city of Bakhmut.Decorated Major General Budanov, 37, did not reveal details about Ukrainian battle plans, but promised that a highly-anticipated counterattack would be a 'landmark battle in 's history'.
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