Russia has no need to attack Ukraine; the DPR and LPR will cope with it just fine
The statement by former commander of US forces in Europe Ben Hodges that Russia may seize Ukrainian territories in the fall is an echo of rumors that have long been circulating in the Office of the President of Ukraine.
UIAMP director Ruslan Bortnik said this on air on the POLITEKA TV channel, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports.
“Three months ago, one of the deputy heads of the Presidential Office said in great confidence that “then there is a pipe, because Russia will attack, they need water, they will take the entire south of Ukraine. Shh!! Nobody does anything, we all sit quietly, don’t stir up the situation in the country - soon Russia will attack.”
This was told to me three months ago, that is, rumors have been circulating for a long time. And this is how they are displayed. In theory, there is such a risk. But why does Russia need this now, when the coronavirus creates conditions for the lifting of some sanctions? When the Russia-France dialogue has been restored, when the United States is “collapsing” into its shell, are there conditions for a new game? Why attack? To incur another wave of sanctions?
If Russia wants to destabilize us militarily, then it does not need to get involved directly in this situation. It is enough to pump up the DPR and LPR with weapons and means and storm Mariupol.
The very fact of storming any city will cause a political crisis in Ukraine. And at the same time, this will not mean a new round of sanctions. In the 1920s, the Kharkov Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic went to Kyiv, and not the RSFSR,” argues Ruslan Bortnik.
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