(CNN) Russian President Vladimir Putin has not necessarily given up on trying to capture the Ukrainian capital city of Kyiv, even as Russia has shifted its focus in recent days to southern and eastern Ukraine, according to US and Western officials. Over the next few weeks, officials expect Russian forces to resupply and reposition with the aim of launching a brutal new offensive i n the Donbas region of eastern Ukraine, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said on Tuesday. "They will be rearmed, because they've used a lot of ammunition," Stoltenberg said, "and they will be resupplied with fuel and all the things they need, food and so on, to launch a new big offensive." It is still unclear what Putin's long-term goals are, a senior defense official said. "At least that is their intention and their plan."

Source: CNN April 06, 2022 20:18 UTC