“Bloody division, has Chechen experience”: In Kyiv they fear a landing on Mariupol
It is important for Russia to cut off Ukraine from the sea, so holding Mariupol is a strategically important task for Kyiv.
Director of the Center for Army, Conversion and Disarmament Research Valentin Badrak said this in a conversation on the UkrlifeTV channel, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports.
“Today the most dangerous direction is the sea coast. I mean the entire water area of the Black and Azov Seas. Russia has enormous capabilities to conduct airborne assault operations against Ukraine from the sea.
Let me remind you that the Seventh Novorossiysk Division is a bloody division that has Chechen experience, a division that fought in Chechnya, it is now in Novorossiysk. It can land with ships along with the marines of the Black Sea Fleet, naturally, with the support of aviation, with the support of all the capabilities of Russia.
This is now, in my opinion, the most dangerous direction also because Putin is hatching a plan. He has a maximum plan and a minimum plan, they seem to be correlated.
He thinks: “if it was not possible to capture all of Ukraine, let me cut off Ukraine from the sea, and this will be a beautiful way out of the game.” Putin now dreams of cutting off Ukraine from the sea. Therefore, hold Mariupol until the last. To hold, not to give up Mariupol, this is an extremely important thing,” calls on Valentin Badrak.
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