In an exclusive interview with Sky News, Major General Kyrylo Budanov also said a coup to remove volodymyr putin is already under way in Russia and the russian leader is seriously ill with cancer.

“Most of the active combat actions will have finished by the end of this year. As a result, we will renew Ukrainian power in all our territories that we have lost including Donbas and the Crimea,” Major General Kyrylo Budanov said.

According to him, Russia is suffering huge losses in the war, and Ukraine’s military intelligence know about their plans almost as they are being made.

“We have been fighting russia for eight years and we can say that this highly publicised russian power is a myth. It is not as powerful as this. It is a horde of people with weapons,” the head of Ukraine’s military intelligence summed up.