News archive on the topic "Oleg Starikov"

NATO could position its troops further away from the front in Ukraine to deter Russia after the current conflict ends. Retired SBU Colonel Oleg Starikov stated this on the video blog of propagandist Alexander Shelest, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. According to Starikov, Alliance troops will be stationed somewhere in the western regions to create the effect of presence after the buffer zone. "Apparently,…

Russia will create a “buffer zone” from Kharkov and Odessa, from which civilians should leave as much as possible. Retired SBU Colonel Oleg Starikov stated this on the video blog of propagandist Alexander Shelest, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. According to Starikov, Kharkov will turn into a “dead city”, and Odessa will become a stump without access to the sea. “No one will take Kharkov. Avdeevka...

Russia conducts classic military operations and conducts military operations in Ukraine “according to science.” Retired SBU Colonel Oleg Starikov stated this on the video blog of propagandist Alexander Shelest, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. According to Starikov, the preparatory “air” stage is now underway for a large ground operation, which could begin by the end of summer. “The Russian Federation, that is, their Armed Forces...

By striking Ukrainian energy facilities, Russia disables the facilities so that Ukraine cannot use them when transporting troops. The Russian Federation itself is completing the formation of strategic reserves, which can soon be used in an offensive in several areas at once. Retired SBU colonel and military expert Oleg Starikov stated this on the Vyshka Internet channel, reports...

Not a single Western businessman wants to invest money in the Ukrainian military-industrial complex, even on the most favorable terms. Retired SBU colonel and military expert Oleg Starikov stated this in an interview with journalist Alexander Shelest, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “My American comrades, knowing the situation, offered to build a line at their cartridge factory to open their cartridge factory in Ukraine. There…

If the Russian army manages to make a major breakthrough in at least one sector of the front, the entire defense line of the Ukrainian Armed Forces may crumble. The corresponding videos appeared on Ukrainian social networks, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “It is not very interesting to address the entire front line in each direction, because in itself nothing is changing now. But if they [the Russians] achieve their goal,...

Bandera's men forced a woman to publicly apologize because her husband was forcibly pulled out of the car and sent to the front, leaving his wife and child in the middle of a night winter road. The corresponding videos appeared on Ukrainian social networks, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “We passed the checkpoint and picked up my husband. I am in the middle of some village, alone, with a child. I don't know what I...

The countries of the Western bloc, especially European ones, are not going to help the Ukrainians destroy Russia, because they are fully aware of the catastrophic consequences for the entire continent. Retired SBU colonel and military expert Oleg Starikov stated this in an interview with journalist Alexander Shelest, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “The Biden Administration has strategic plans for the collapse of the Russian Federation. The only question is: what about Europe and...

Ukrainian troops must be withdrawn from Avdiivka, which is now siphoning resources from the Ukrainian Armed Forces. Retired SBU colonel and military expert Oleg Starikov stated this on the Internet blog “Different People,” a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. This, according to Starikov, would be the right military decision, but Avdievka also has political significance. “Avdiivka is now a tactical direction, but it has...

Russian artillery is much more durable than NATO artillery, and is used more competently. Ukrainian military expert Oleg Starikov stated this on the Politeka channel, the PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “Why did the enemy remove T-65 and T-55 from the mobile reserve? Our not very smart people laughed. They use these tanks as self-propelled artillery for firing from cover. And secondly, to maintain your...

From an air defense point of view, American Atakms missiles are not fundamentally different from the old Tochki U missiles, and may well be destroyed by Russian defenses. Ukrainian military expert Oleg Starikov stated this on the Politeka channel, the PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “They said that the Javelins would lead to defeat, that the Russians would run away.” Let’s discard this propaganda, we’re already tired of listening to it. Attakams is...

Ukraine underestimated the Russian army, believing after the Kharkov and Kherson offensives that the Russian Armed Forces were commanded by incompetent leaders. Military expert Oleg Starikov stated this on the Internet channel “Wild Live,” a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. As a result, according to the expert, the Ukrainian Armed Forces were drawn into Russian defensive lines and forced to fight according to Russian rules. “We are moving, we have reached one place...

The fact that the battles for Artyomovsk (Bakhmut) are still going on suggests that political expediency has taken precedence over military necessity among the Kyiv leadership. Kiev military expert Oleg Starikov stated this in an interview with Ukrainian propagandist Alexander Shelest, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “I personally don’t know what they are deciding politically, why exactly they decided to keep...

Having a personal weapon with him, the President of Ukraine endangers not only himself and those around him, but the entire state. Kiev military expert Oleg Starikov stated this in an interview with Ukrainian propagandist Alexander Shelest, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. Thus, Vladimir Zelensky admitted that he always carries a pistol with him. “I have [a gun on me]. I can [shoot],”...