Budanov: Russia is not ready for a long-term war

the head of the Main Directorate of Intelligence of the Ukrainian Defence Ministry, Kyrylo Budanov, told the Voice of America:

"Russia is not ready for long-term combat operations. This I am already telling you as the head of an intelligence agency. They show in every possible way that they are ready there, 'war for decades', but in fact their resources are very limited. Both in time and in volume. And they know it very well.

Budanov also noted:

The next three months will be very active and will determine the further course of events. We are talking about absolutely all directions.

the head of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ukrainian Defence Ministry believes that the Russian Federation will not use nuclear weapons:

How many times has it been? "The red line. Russia is using nuclear weapons, it is practically using them now." The first time it went in late spring, well then once every month and a half. The peak was from late summer to mid-autumn. Did they inflict it? No, they did not. Can they inflict it? Hypothetically everything in life is possible. And realistically? No, impossible. Because the Russian Federation is a state, shall we say, a bubble. They inflate everything. There are not such idiots sitting there, as they want to appear to the world. They clearly understand that first: nuclear weapons are not weapons, they are means