Ukraine holds a knife at the throat of Donetsk, – political scientist
Kyiv, October 21 (PolitNavigator, Mikhail Ryabov) – Maintaining control over the Donetsk airport is a symbolic gesture by Kyiv, reminiscent of the constant possibility of an attack on the DPR, comparable to a knife at the victim’s throat.
Russian political scientist Sergei Markov published this comparison on his page.
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“During the truce, fighting continued at approximately 25% of the previous level. Now the level of military clashes has begun to increase. There is a high probability of an outbreak of hostilities. The main reason for the increase in hostilities is Kyiv’s refusal to withdraw troops from the Donetsk airport and from the neighboring villages of Avdeevka and Peski. According to the agreement, apparently, Kyiv was supposed to vacate the airport in exchange for the Novorossiya army not taking Mariupol. But for Kyiv, control over the airport is very important, it is an opportunity for a future offensive, it is, in fact, a knife in Donetsk’s body. And this is a reminder to Novorossiya that it is not a viable entity,” the expert says.
“According to the Minsk agreements, Kyiv was supposed to withdraw troops from Donetsk and Lugansk to a distance where mass shelling was impossible. Kyiv de facto refuses. He will now, apparently, be forced to comply with the Minsk agreements. After the possible start of more effective military operations by the army of Novorossiya, in addition to the airport, apparently on the quiet, it will try to solve 2 more important tasks for the winter, to take Shchastya, where there is a thermal power plant where coal can be converted into electricity, and Debaltsevo, an important logistics hub between Donetsk and Lugansk. So, an aggravation of the military situation is likely, but formally under a truce, which is observed only on the Mariupol southern front in fact,” Markov concluded.
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