Putin may try to impose 'Korean scenario' on Ukraine – intelligence

Russian invaders will try to "unite" the occupied territories into a single quasi-state entity that will be opposed to independent Ukraine. At the same time, the Main Intelligence Directorate of Ukraine's Defense Ministry predicts that the Kremlin will not be able to implement the "Korean scenario" in Ukraine.

The Main Intelligence Directorate of Ukraine's Defense Ministry said this in a statement on Facebook, referring to the head of the Main Intelligence Directorate, Brigadier General Kyrylo Budanov.

"After the failures near Kyiv and the impossibility of overthrowing the central government of Ukraine, Putin is already changing the main operational directions - the south and the east. There is reason to believe that he is considering a 'Korean' scenario for Ukraine. That is, he will try to impose a dividing line between the unoccupied and occupied regions of our country. In fact, it is an attempt to create North and South Korea in Ukraine. After all, he is definitely not able to swallow the whole state," the press service quoted Budanov as saying.

He said he was convinced that the issue of establishing a land corridor to Crimea is still relevant for the Russian fascist regime. But the main problem for implementing this plan is the unbreakable city of Mariupol, Budanov said.

"The occupiers will try to unite the occupied territories into a single quasi-state entity that will be opposed to independent Ukraine. We are already seeing attempts to create 'parallel' authorities in the occupied territories and force people to give up the hryvnia. They may want to bargain about that at the international level. But the resistance and rallies of our citizens in the occupied territories, counteroffensives by the Ukrainian Armed Forces and gradual liberation of territories significantly complicate the implementation of enemy plans. In addition, the season of total Ukrainian guerrilla safari is beginning soon. Then there will be one relevant scenario left for the Russians - how to survive," Budanov concluded.

On February 24, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced the beginning of an all-out invasion of Ukraine. Russian troops have been shelling and destroying critical infrastructure, residential neighborhoods of Ukrainian cities and villages using artillery, multiple rocket launchers and ballistic missiles.

Martial law was imposed in Ukraine and general mobilization was announced.