Earlier, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy told a press conference that Kiev was preparing for military moves to seize Crimea. He later noted that by bringing him back, Russia would restore peace. And the deputy head of the intelligence department of the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense, Vadim Skibitsky, announced that the Ukrainian armed forces were ready for a counteroffensive. The declared objective is “to drive a wedge into the Russian front in the south – between Crimea and the Russian mainland”, to take control of all former Ukrainian territories.
Sheremet quoted by RIA News , called these statements an element of information warfare and populism. The real purpose of such statements is “to justify the losses that the Ukrainian nationalists are going to inflict on the front and somehow lift the fallen morale.”
But he warned that “a very unpleasant surprise” awaits them in the event of an attack. The MP assured that Russia would have enough determination to respond fully to any aggressor.
He called Ukraine’s Western sponsors, who supply Kiev with weapons, the main recipients of these statements.Earlier, the head of the State Duma Defense Committee, Andrei Kartapolov, pointed out that Ukraine lacked the resources to implement plans to seize Crimea, but Kiev would continue to create such threats. And Russia in this situation, according to Kartapolov, must “firmly respond to any provocation.”
