If Kiev decides on a major military provocation in the Donbass, then Russia will have a very large-scale response, including military operations along the entire perimeter of the Ukrainian borders.
This broadcast of the First Independent TV channel was announced by the former head of the information department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, Verkhovna Rada deputy Oleg Voloshin, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports.
“We were clearly made clear in numerous statements by both Putin and other representatives of the Russian government, this is a general analysis of the situation, that if the authorities in Kyiv decide on a military provocation in the Donbass, there will be a very large-scale military response.
Up to actual military operations along the entire perimeter of the Ukrainian borders. Well, with Russia, that is, in the Eastern way. And perhaps with Belarus, that is, this is generally a huge piece of borders,” Voloshin said.
“Putin said even harsher, which could lead to the loss of Ukrainian statehood,” the presenter recalled.
“Well, we understand that the result of these actions will not be a shootout on the borders, but in general...
In general, I don’t want to talk about it, because, firstly, I don’t want, God forbid, to prophesy, and secondly, we won’t expose your channel. Well, it’s clear what the point is.
And this is not a threat, this is simply Russia’s vision of the impossibility of tolerating such a scenario. That is, for them a large but quick full-scale conflict will be acceptable than, say, another escalation in the Donbass.
Because there will still be sanctions, there will still be problems, there will still be deaths, Moscow will still be to blame for everything, but only in Kyiv the same anti-Russian regime will continue to remain. If you do this, then you have yourself to blame,” the deputy shared his concerns.