Putin has been seriously considering a peace agreement with Ukraine last month, but now sees no possible solution through diplomatic talks and is convinced they are at a “dead end”. Lavrov warned Ukraine against provoking the Third World War and warned that “the threat of a nuclear conflict should not be underestimated.” At the end of the week, however, Putin turned around again. What will you learn in the interview? What does Putin’s statement mean in the current situation, whether it can complicate the course of the war, or is it possible that Russia will attack another country or does Putin have the means to attack harder? This means that the military conflict has now reached a point where it can no longer be resolved through peace talks, not even with the help of mediators. The first step would have to be signing and, above all, keeping the ceasefire. Russia will not agree to the ceasefire at present, as this would give Ukraine time to incorporate new combat equipment provided by Western partners into combat structures. This would not help Russia for this reason, because Russia does not currently have sufficient reserves to replace the current deployed combat troops. Photo gallery (4) Vladimir Putin
Source: SITA / AP / Alexander Zemlianichenko This is also indicated by the fact that the combat units in eastern Ukraine form are currently deployed units, which in the first phase of the war were deployed near Kiev. As for Ukraine, after Russia refused to discuss a meaningful ceasefire in the first phase of the war, Ukraine focused on agreeing a ceasefire that would allow enough time to evacuate the civilian population from the most affected cities. Reality has confirmed Russia’s negative experiences with the ceasefire. A good example is Russia’s reluctance to participate in the evacuation of civilians from Mariupol. Can it complicate the course of the war? In the current phase of the war, this has nothing to complicate, because the war has reached a stalemate. After Moscow realized that Plan A would conquer / occupy all of Ukraine in a short time, install a puppet government, and present it to the world as a done deal, it failed, Russia switched to Plan B – destroying Ukrainian cities by firing missiles from long distances, thereby disrupting morale of Ukrainians. Since even the Russians failed to do so, the Kremlin switched to Plan C – to give up the goal of occupying the whole country and focus on occupying the territory in the east and south of Ukraine. It can be assumed that the next battles for the Donbas will be decisive for how the war ends. Could Putin be considering a tougher attack? Does he have the resources? He would very much like to do so, but the development of the war so far shows that Russia has probably already “exceeded” its planned personnel, material and financial resources for this war. We will see what motivation for the Russian military forces will be the May military parade (May 9, 2022), where President Putin would like to declare the fulfillment of the set goals of the “operation”. Photo gallery (4) Volodymyr Zelenskyj
Source: SITA / AP Photo / Efrem Lukatsky Foreign Minister Lavrov spoke about the Third World War in connection with the armaments of Ukraine by NATO countries. What exactly would that mean? Sergei Lavrov very often and with great ease uses the threat of World War III and associates this with the possible use of nuclear weapons by Russia. The world has experienced major crises over the last seventy years in which the use of nuclear weapons has threatened, but fortunately this has never happened. I assume that this will be the case in the current crisis. VIDEO Three batteries of the Patriot air defense system are currently located in Sliač, informs Naď. Defense systems located in the territory of Ukraine are its property and can not be associated with the countries that sold them to Ukraine, respectively. donated. The supply of weapons systems, military equipment and technology to the invaded country by other countries is also in accordance with the UN Charter. Western countries are realizing that Russia is waiting for some provocation that could justify its aggression. That is why none of them got involved in the conflict. As for NATO itself as an organization, it supports Ukraine in the fight against the Russian aggressor, but specific material and technical assistance is provided by individual countries and not by the organization. This was also the reason why NATO could not be drawn into direct war, e.g. by declaring a no-fly zone over Ukraine, as requested by Ukraine. INTERVIEW The war has reached a stalemate: The expert evaluates … The Kremlin has switched to Plan C!