By Natali Moss
The general expressed confidence that the war in Ukraine began only on the initiative of Vladimir Putin personally. "I will be surprised if he is still in power by the end of this year. I think there is a lot of tectonic forces in Russia now that they face each other," Gorsi said, adding that it will be very difficult for the Russian president to retain power, If the Ukrainian military liberate Crimea.
The general stated that Ukraine will not be able to feel safe and restore the economy until the Crimea is under Russian occupation. He noted that the Black Sea Fleet could block exits from Odessa, and the peninsula itself is a starting platform for Russian aircraft.
"If there was a settlement by negotiations when Ukraine agreed or put pressure on the purpose of abandoning the Crimea, then the Russians would just wait a few years until we lose interest, we will move to something else and then they would start again. So I think that Crimea is a decisive territory. When Ukraine will liberate Crimea, it will be Donbass, "Goodges predicted during his inclusion with Washington.
He added that the Ukrainian military needs to pass long -range weapons so that they can block Crimea and force Russian troops to leave the peninsula. Recall that Politico in its material of February 15 analyzed why Putin lost a gas war with Europe. In addition, on February 16, the former assistant to Russian President Vladimir Putin, Vladislav Surkov, stated that while working on the Minsk Agreements, Moscow initially proceeded from the fact that the document would not be executed.
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