Shame on Putin
General Jérôme Pellistrandi, Doctor of History and Editor-in-Chief of Défense Nationale magazine, warns of the inevitable passage of time. Winter is approaching, and will cast a shadow over positions on the front line.
Jérôme Pellistrandi takes a look at the balance of power between the two enemy camps and Moscow's advance into Ukrainian territory, despite the recent offensive operation launched on Russian soil. The Russian army is advancing “in the Donbass and is now closing in on Kramatorsk, a major city of 100,000 inhabitants. The aim is to now gain as much ground as possible before winter... So each side is trying to score points as quickly as possible”.
On the Ukrainian side, the doctor of history points out that the Ukrainian forces are realistic in their objectives and don't wish to go as far as the Russian capital. “The idea is to have as many trump cards in hand as possible, so as to arrive to a position of strength the day negotiations are launched between the parties. The difficulty lies in knowing just how deep the Ukrainian army can go.”
He adds that “from a general point of view, this Ukrainian breakthrough (at Kursk) is a humiliation for Vladimir Putin, whose ‘special operation’ launched in February 2022 never went according to plan”.
(MH with Manon Pierre - Source : Public Senat - Picture : by Kremlin.ru via Wikicommons under license Creative commons CC-BY-4.0)