Russia “doesn’t have the strength” to conquer the two eastern Ukrainian oblasts this year, Ukraine’s military intelligence chief Kyrylo Budanov told the Wall Street Journal in an interview published on Feb. 21. After the loss of Avdiivka, a front-line city in Donetsk Oblast that has resisted Russian attacks since 2014, there are growing concerns that Russia is gaining the upper hand in the war. Russian forces are reportedly trying to push forward in five directions: Avdiivka, Marinka, Kreminna, and Bakhmut in the east, as well as Roboytne in the south. According to Budanov, Russia has around 5…