Vitalii Bunechko, Head of the Zhytomyr Oblast Military Administration, believes the chances of a Russian offensive across Zhytomyr Oblast are “very small,” because the border is well protected, particularly by fortifications, and heavily mined.
According to Bunechko, the fortification work is 99% complete: “in some places the workers are correcting their mistakes; in certain locations, we are conducting an examination to check the quality [of fortifications].”
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Source: Ukrainska Pravda News
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