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The Secretary General of NATO Jens Stoltenberg declared this on Tuesday, April 5, BBC News russian informs.
In the coming weeks, we expect attempts by russian troops to advance in the eastern and southern parts of Ukraine to conquer the entire Donbas and create a land corridor to the occupied Crimea. So, the war entered a critical phase.” Stoltenberg said.
He added that the Bucha tragedy is hardly to be a single fact of the military crimes.
“When and if they retreat and the Ukrainian troops return the territory, I am afraid they will find mass graves there, new evidence of atrocities and war crimes," Stoltenberg said at the press conference.
He confirmed NATO promise to support Ukraine further.
As early as March 31, after Moscow's statements about a "drastic reduction in the intensity of hostilities" in the Kyiv and Chernihiv areas, NATO saw signs of russia's preparations for a new offensive. At that time Stoltenberg expressed doubts that russia was holding honest talks in Istanbul, as the Kremlin's military objectives had not changed since the invasion of Ukraine.