 Currently, the Ukrainian army is on the defensive. At the same time, the Russian military is spreading the Ukrainian forces along the entire front. This was said by the former Deputy Minister of Defense of Ukraine, Hannah Malier. Their task is to tire us completely and prepare for the next operations. We should know about it, the military also knows about it, of course, and we need to prepare for it. Not only are we now on the defensive, but we must realize that they are deliberately splitting our forces along the entire front line. Russia's tendency to exhaust Ukraine is not accidental, Malier said. The Ukrainian army is facing a difficult winter as it looks to defend its lines in freezing temperatures. President Volodymyr Zelensky has said, difficult weather, difficult defense on the Lyman, Bakhmat, Donetsk and Abdi of Kofrons, he wrote on Telegram. General Oksandr Tarnovsky, who commands Ukraine's southern forces, said there has been a surge in Russian attacks in the south in recent days. Temperatures have dropped to minus 5 degrees Celsius this week and are set to get even colder over the coming months. The front lines are not expected to move significantly until the spring brings warmer climbs. Russia is expected to launch another winter bombardment of Ukraine's power grid, starving its civilians of heating and electricity.