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Russian generals understand that the war has been lost, so they are trying to create a humanitarian crisis, leaving Ukrainians without peace, Samus believes.
Currently, the Ukrainian army does not have the necessary weapons that could destroy the illegally built Crimean bridge and the Black Sea Fleet of the Russian Federation.
About this in an exclusive interview with TSN.ua message Mykhailo Samus, Deputy Director of the Army, Conversion and Disarmament Research Center for International Affairs.
Unfortunately, we do not have the means to simply destroy important objects both in Crimea and in other occupied territories. moreover, it would be very good to strike on Russian territory at important objects, so that the Russians begin to feel not so comfortable.
I am sure that the Russian generals understand that the war has been lost, so they are trying to create a humanitarian crisis in order to persuade the Ukrainians to negotiate with the Russian Federation.
“Missile capabilities, as Zaluzhny wrote in an article a few months ago, Russia has missiles with a range of 2.5 thousand km, we have a maximum of 100 km., a little more, if it is possible to take the “Point-U”. We should also get such means, if We need anti-missile defenses, which we currently do not have or in very limited quantities. Russia understands that from a military point of view, the Russian Federation has already achieved nothing. You can throw Russians here forever (in Ukraine – ed.), but it won’t change anything. And one of these tools they are considering is the creation of a humanitarian disaster due to the destruction of the energy infrastructure in winter,” the expert believes.
He emphasized that Ukraine needs the American Patriot anti-missile system to protect itself from Iranian ballistic missiles. He believes that if the United States begins to actively discuss the issue of transferring the Patriot air defense system to Ukraine, this may indicate that Iran has agreed to transfer missiles to Russia for shelling of Ukraine.
“This (humanitarian crisis – ed.), perhapslast chance to seize the initiative, to come to them on their knees and beg. Generals respect that this is the only way to change. Russia, I think, will persuade Iran to hand over missiles to it. Therefore, I think, active negotiations began on the part of the USA on the transfer of Patriot to Ukraine, then they already received indisputable facts that Iran is transferring ballistic missiles to Russia. If the US does not hand over these anti-missile systems to us, indeed, there will be a big problem to stop ballistic missiles. Ukrainian systems created in the Soviet Union, they are not designed to shoot down ballistic missiles of the type that Iran will transfer to Russia. And this is a problem,” the expert concluded.
earlier, earlier the ex-commander of the US forces in Europe, Lt. Gen. Ben Godges, believes that the Armed Forces of Ukraine deoccupy Crimea by August 2023.
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