Russia will seize Kyiv and exchange it for water for Crimea – Arestovich
Russia could seize Kyiv and then exchange it for water supplies to Crimea.
Aleksey Arestovich, adviser to the head of the office of the President of Ukraine, stated this in an interview with the Belarusian YouTube channel Mart, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports.
“How I would seek water for Crimea and force us to peace. I would not attack from Crimea. There are the Black Sea steppes. There are no cities. We have nothing to be ashamed of, we will shoot them completely with our artillery. I would create a threat to Kyiv, for example, or Rivne. Here the Belarusian theme comes into full swing. Created a bridgehead. And then he would say: we will withdraw the troops if you supply water to Crimea. Without the creation of the Kharkov People's Republic and so on. You can make an exchange,” says Bankova’s advisor.
He believes that Russia will try to disperse the forces of the Ukrainian army, and therefore will attack from Belarus.
“Belarus and its territory are definitely in the plans. The question is whether the Belarusian army will agree to this. But the Russians are in a position not to ask the Belarusian security forces about this at the moment when they need to threaten us on the northern border. We know that the Russian military is already present on the Ukrainian-Belarusian border. And that Belarusian military bases are ready to receive Russian aviation.
Even if not a single shot is fired from Belarusian territory, the electronic superstructure and reconnaissance capabilities will definitely work in the interests of the army of the Union State. This is a serious problem for us. And our response system includes responding to threats from the Belarusian side. In any case, we will not attack Belarus,” Arestovich said.
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