He said this in an interview with Ukrinform.
“One of the main threats is a threat to the territorial integrity of Ukraine and the possibility of restoring large-scale hostilities ... It remains, and Russia maintains a high level of this threat by increasing the groupings of its troops,” he said.
According to him, the formation of three Russian divisions near the Ukrainian border will soon be completed.
Skibitsky also expressed the view that Russia by 2020 allegedly plans to complete "measures that will allow for combat-ready formations capable of acting in our direction."
In December 2018, the former Ukrainian leader Petro Poroshenko, as the country's president, accused Russia of intending to capture Berdyansk and Mariupol. He later stated that he was afraid of Russia's “attack” on ships in the Baltic countries.