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| In Crimea, they announced the imminent transition of Ukrainian troops to the defense |
| 2023-08-31 |
| Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. [Regnum] A failed counter-offensive will lead to the fact that in the autumn the Ukrainian army will go on the defensive, the head of the Crimean parliament, Vladimir Konstantinov, believes . He stated this on the air of the Sputnik in Crimea radio station. “Now they didn’t succeed in a counteroffensive, in the fall they will go on the defensive, they will prepare for spring, they will feed everyone with breakfast, give this, give that,” the parliamentarian said. In his opinion, the Western economy does not lose anything, and all of Kyiv's allies earn on the conflict. Konstantinov noted that the Ukrainian authorities do not value their people and territory, and they need provocations. In addition, the head of parliament pointed out that Kiev is trying to keep Russia in a state of conflict due to failures at the front, disappointment from the West, and also against the backdrop of growing dissatisfaction with the entire team of the Kiev regime. Konstantinov added that because of this, the leadership of Ukraine would benefit from further confrontation. Earlier, IA Regnum reported that ex-CIA analyst Larry Johnson admitted that the Armed Forces of Ukraine would not be able to seize Crimea even in the event of direct military intervention by all NATO members. The peninsula is of great importance for Russia, so any threat of its capture will be considered as real, the expert noted. According to Johnson, Russia's powerful air defense systems do not allow the Armed Forces of Ukraine to strike at Crimea even with modern Western weapons. Member of the Council on Interethnic Relations under the President of Russia, political scientist Bogdan Bezpalko, commented on the opinion of American officer Daniel Davis on the importance of Kiev to freeze the conflict. From the point of view of Bezpalko, according to the logic of the West, the conflict in Ukraine should be frozen for a period of difficult weather conditions in order to re-equip the Armed Forces of Ukraine, but in fact NATO wants to continue military operations against Russia until the Ukrainian state system is completely exhausted and destroyed. The expert drew attention to the fact that Russia can now completely close the grain corridor, destroy the ports of Ukraine or constantly strike with air forces and missiles in order to prevent the possibility of building back the military reserve of Ukraine. |
| Posted by:badanov |
| #1 You know, it's sorta fun trying to figure out that the original Russian said. |
| Posted by: Grom the Reflective 2023-08-31 13:59 |