In view of the energy crisis looming in Ukraine this winter, President Vladimir Zelensky may try to divert the attention of Ukrainians from the problems with an analogue of Poroshenko’s “Kerch provocation”, only within the Donbass.
Ukrainian political scientist Kirill Molchanov stated this at a press conference in Kyiv, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports.
“I do not exclude that Russia will destabilize something - only in response to if there are really attempts on the part of Kyiv to resolve the conflict in Donbass by force. That is, there, “Bayraktars” will bomb Donetsk or something like that. Then they will really be forced, let’s say, for the sake of reputation, to do something...
I would not rule out that Zelensky might think about the option of how Poroshenko wanted to divert attention in order to postpone the elections, organize an analogue of the passage of ships through the Kerch Strait, only within the framework of Donbass, something like that,” the expert expressed his fears.
"For what? There are no elections,” the conference moderator objected.
“Not yet, but if the situation becomes critical in winter, there will be no normal energy system, attention will need to be diverted somehow. The war will write everything off. Something so small and victorious. It’s not for nothing that Reznikov has such rhetoric,” Molchanov replied.