Three months in and Russia has intensified its offensive in the eastern part of the nation, but its gains have been slow
America’s Defence Intelligence Agency head also says between eight and 10 Russian generals have been killed as a result of the combat.
But all Moscow has gained is a small piece of Ukrainian territory in the east.
Vladimir Putin remained tight-lipped about any plans to escalate the war during his Victory Day speech.
Some fear that Putin’s invasion of Ukraine didn’t live up to his expectations, which could force him to resort to desperate measures.
However, Ticker News spoke with Eastern Europe expert Sergej Sumlenny who says it’s important to keep Putin weak and humiliated.
How does this war end?
Sumlenny says there’s no “good exit” in sight while Putin remains in power.
“He has not entered into this war to believe he’ll finish Ukraine in one to three days, or one week top,” he says.
The Eastern European expert says the Russian army has already suffered double as much losses as the Soviet Army within 10 years in Afghanistan.
“The Russian army could not achieve any significant victory. Russian President Putin on the ninth of May on Victory Day in Russia could not present any victory. And that was a huge revelation for him and he understands it,
“So I don’t see any exit strategy for him. He clearly tries to push further without any success. Like Russia delivers war criminals to The Hague, the International Criminal Court pulls out its army out of Ukraine and establish over 300 kilometre demilitarised zone on Russian territory working into Ukraine. That would be a great end,” Sumlenny proposed.
However, he acknowledges an end could take months.
“As long as this will not be provided, Ukrainian army will continue to fight back, destroying Russian military equipment killing Russian soldiers unfortunately for Russia, until Ukrainians will push Russians out of their country, it can take months, but it will be inevitable.”
Putin is dangerous, with power or without power
The West holds talks to Putin during eight years of his war on Ukraine.
The West Hall talks to Putin after he has attacked Georgia in 2000, after he annexed Crimea in 2014, after he guessed a Syria, like since 2012, and further, and it didn’t help.
Russia was invited to every international international ground like conventional platform like g20 but Russia conceals everything. And it didn’t help.
According to Sumlenny, when Putin feels to be strong, he strikes and he kills.
“He felt very strong in February this year. That’s why he attacked Ukraine, he felt desperate or threatened by all sides. And that’s not true. But he felt very strong. That’s why he attacked, so now he feels weak,” he says.
“Of course, he’s dangerous like any dictator, but it’s better to have in him desperate and weak than strong and aggressive.”
