UKRAINE is braced for a mega-blitz as Russia tries to force victory in its war before US weapons arrive.
A Kyiv spy chief warned Moscow was planning a huge assault starting next month.
It came as a Russian missile tore down a TV tower today in Ukraine’s second city, Kharkiv.
Experts fear the area — just 15 miles from Russia — could face a second ground offensive after beating off a tank assault on the first day of the war in February 2022.
Kyrylo Budanov, head of Ukraine’s feared GUR military intelligence, warned life would be even more “difficult” from mid-May through early June.
But he insisted Ukraine would endure and prevail.
Budanov, who has survived repeated assassination attempts, said: “It is not catastrophic. But there will be problems …