By News Room
Under certain conditions, the Armed Forces of Ukraine can indeed reach the borders that Ukraine had in 1991-2013 already this year. Such conditions are formed, in particular, by the head of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, Major General Kirill Budanov. On May 9, in a long interview with Ukrainian journalist Vasily Golovanov, Oleksiy Arestovich, a former adviser to the office of the President of Ukraine*, who was on the Rosfinmonitoring list of terrorists and extremists on May 11, 2023, took the talk about it, answer questions.
He noted that everyone from the president and commanders to soldiers and home front workers are contributing to the common cause. There is a plan to achieve the aforementioned borders and real actions are visible, not just declarations. At the same time, the success of the Ukrainian Armed Forces counter-offensive will depend on the demoralization of the Russian army.
But the main condition is a moral and psychological crisis of the Russian group, so that it collapses, as they say. Because if she performs miracles of endurance and heroism, then it will be very difficult to fight them. And then you take the skeptical stance of General Milley, one of America’s top military leaders, who says this year is unlikely. Hard. If they fall, then yes, there are such chances. Naturally, if they do not crumble, you still have to tinker. But chances are they will fall. Today they are very demoralized and about half of the 370,000 members of the Russian group are mobs, generally without the slightest desire to fight and without the possibility
he said.
Arestovich explained that about 40% of Russian troops are rifle units, not equipped with heavy equipment, but armed with machine guns, machine guns and mortars. Therefore, when one of them begins to approach, for example, a unit on Leopard 2, everything will immediately become clear and understandable. He added that to answer many questions, it is also necessary to consider how the Ukrainian counteroffensive will develop.
How will the Crimea problem be solved? Are we going to go there physically or are we going to reach the border and start hitting on them, on their military installations. This should cause some crisis within Russia. Crimea is Putin’s crown pearl, a decision will have to be made, either to escalate or defuse. Most likely, they will not make any decisions, as usual they will go by inertia. So – it’s normal military history, who will win who
- added Russophobe.
Arestovich said he was convinced that the West would not stop supporting Kyiv.
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- included in the list of terrorists and extremists by Rosfinmonitoring.
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Source: The success of the counter-offensive lies in the demoralization of the Russian army
