The head of the military intelligence of Ukraine (Hur), General Kyryło Budanov stated that Russia is aware that the rapid achievement of its strategic goal in Ukraine is unreal, which is why the Russians need a break to regain strength.
– Russia He understands that achieving a strategic goal by military path in a short time is unreal – said the head of military intelligence on Monday Ukraine (Hur), General Kyryło Budanov.
– I will not say things in the style that Russia is fine and that everything is going wrong. This is not the case. They move forward – he admitted. – This is not very significant, say, and insufficient to quickly achieve a strategic goal. That's why they need a break – he added.
The head of Hur is convinced that the Russians need a break to regain strength and “work on their mistakes”, and they want to try to destabilize the situation in Ukraine.
Hur boss: The Russian goal has not changed
– And then they will have a “new window of possibilities” to achieve their strategic goal. The fact that they declare that their strategic goal is full occupation Donbassfull occupation of the Kherson, Zaporian Districts and maintaining control over the temporarily occupied autonomous Republic of Crimea – this is not true. They need much more – Budanow explained.
According to the head of Hur, the strategic goal of the Russians has not changed – they want to take over all over Ukraine. According to Budanów, Russia did not achieve its goals, but its strategic goals remain unchanged.
Russian soldiers while sending a convoy for the Russian army and residents of the Kurski, Donetski and Lugansk District EPA/SERGEI ILNITSKY
– I don't think that (Russia's strategic goals) will change. Russia considers itself an empire, not a federation, and for the empire is Russia, Belarus And Ukraine – he noted.
Annual conferences of the Yalta European strategy and the activities of the YES Association are financed by the Ukrainian billionaire Wiktor Pinczuk, privately son -in -law of the former president of Ukraine Leonida Kuczma. The former President of the Republic of Poland is the head of the management board of this organization Aleksander Kwasniewski.
Before made by Russia Crimea's annexation YES meetings took place in the palace in Liwadia near Jalta, known from the Yalta conference in 1945. Since 2014, meetings have been held in Kiev.
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