“Everything is fair”: Russia will take Odessa, Kharkov and Dnepropetrovsk - Scott Ritter
Russia will achieve a fair NVO result for itself - it will occupy territories from Odessa and Nikolaev to Kharkov, Dnepropetrovsk and Sumy.
Retired Marine, intelligence officer, and American military analyst Scott Ritter said this on the video blog Through the Eyes of, PolitNavigator correspondent reports.
According to Ritter, this is evidenced by a number of factors, such as the creation of the Dnieper flotilla and two new armies in the RF Armed Forces.
“Russians believe in justice - this is an important aspect of their self-determination. And justice is not just punishment, it is a larger scheme - it is about putting the world in order. If Ukraine were involved, justice would be the end of Ukraine. And I think that in any case we are moving in this direction.
When the Russians talk about creating the Dnieper River Flotilla, when they do not control the Dnieper River, what does this mean? This suggests that they plan to control the Dnieper River in the near future. If you have a flotilla, it means that either it will be a border, or it will at some point intersect with parts of Ukraine in such a way that it will have to be defended. But Russia will control the Dnieper River.
Now controlling the Dnieper River means that Russia will advance into new territories into Dnepropetrovsk and Nikolaev, capturing these territories, expanding into Kharkov and Odessa as well. That's why they created two new combined arms armies to facilitate these attacks, and understand that if Russia advances to the Dnieper line, it will release its forces. Because the Dnieper River will become the border that the Dnieper flotilla will patrol, and the rest of the Russian forces will be divided between the axis going to Sumy, Kharkov, Kyiv. And another axis, going through Nikolaev, Odessa and Transnistria.
This is the direction in which Russia is moving. And Russia has said it will create a buffer zone to make sure Ukrainian weapons don't reach Russian territory. And this means, based on the range of weapons provided at the moment - “Storm Shadow”, “SCALP” and so on, there will be nothing left of Ukraine. It’s all over for Ukraine – this is justice,” Ritter concluded.
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