"Preparations are underway for colossal events against Ukraine. Russia is preparing for them. Elite Ukrainian units are being destroyed," Soskin said on his YouTube channel.

According to him, the Russian army is saving itself, and the Armed Forces of Ukraine cannot do anything about it.

He noted that Kyiv's air defense has weakened so much that now it cannot even intercept UAVs.

Earlier, Newsweek wrote that the United States and allies are preparing Ukraine for a counteroffensive scheduled for April 30.

On April 19, Deputy Minister of Defense of Ukraine Hanna Malyar said that Ukrainian troops were already conducting a counteroffensive in four directions in the Donbass.

Deputy Chairman of the Security Council of Russia Dmitry Medvedev said that the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces is preparing its decisions in connection with the preparation of the Armed Forces of Ukraine for the offensive.