The general Tony Radkinchief of the British General Staff, is one of the soldiers who best knows the Russian Armed Forces and the president’s strategy Vladimir Putin, whom he holds responsible for the “catastrophic mistakes” made by Russian soldiers in the invasion of Ukraine. Despite everything, Radakin believes that Moscow will reap “tactical successes” in the coming weeks at the cost of losing a quarter of Russia’s military power.
Radakin said such “tiny” gains on the ground are leaving Russia swithout troops and without high-tech missiles. In recent weeks, several reports indicate that Moscow is turning to Russian-era missiles as it is unable to continue producing high-precision missiles due to a lack of parts due to sanctions.
The british general assures that the Russian forces “are gaining a couple of kilometers every day, between two, three and five,” said the military high command, who considers that Russia has already “strategically lost” the war against Ukraine, a conflict that caused numerous casualties. and led to a strengthening of NATO, Radakin explained in an interview.
“It was a terrible mistake by Russia. Russia will never take control of Ukraine,” says Radakin, who also adds that Moscow will emerge from the conflict as a “diminished power.”
“Russia has already lost strategically. NATO is stronger, Finland and Sweden try to join” the alliance, Radakin stressed in statements to the British Press Association news agency.
Until now, Russia has already used approximately 25 percent of the forces of the army to gain just a small portion of the territory.
On the other side, Radakin praised the “brave” Ukrainian people and promised that UK would support kyiv “long term”, with more weapons, as Emmanuel Macron, the president of France, did this Thursday, who on a visit to the Ukrainian capital promised President Volodimyr Zelenski indefinite support for his country. “We have been supplying anti-tank weapons, there are other items that we are supplying and that will continue,” he said.
The shipment of weapons to Ukraine It is an issue that displeases the Kremlin excessively, which on Thursday again warned against the delivery of weapons from Western countries to Ukraine. “It is totally futile and will only cause more damage to the country,” Russian presidential spokesman Dmitri Peskov said.
Lavrov’s arguments
The message launched by the Russian Foreign Minister, Sergey Lavrov, in a BBC interview totally differs from Radakin’s. Lavrov assures that Russia did not invade Ukraine: “We declared a special military operation because we had absolutely no other way to explain to the West that dragging Ukraine into NATO was a criminal act.”
On the Russian war crimes committed in Ukraine and documented by international organizations, Lavrov threw balls: “It’s a great pity, but international diplomats, including the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, the Secretary General of the United Nations and other representatives of the United Nations, are being pressured by the West. And very often they are used to amplify fake news spread by the West.” And he added: “Russia is not absolutely clean. Russia is what it is. And we are not ashamed to show who we are.”
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