Pomerantsev recalled in a text published on Sunday by a British daily that “although Putin feels that he is winning on the Ukrainian battlefield, The Russian economy is starting to sweat“. “Food prices they grow by 9% every month.and interest rates remain above 20 percent,” he added.
A Russian affairs expert commented on the impact of the win Donald Trump in the US presidential elections, noting that “there are people around him who could agree to demilitarization Ukrainy and leaving the country under political control Kremlin“. “They would be even more willing to do so if Russia broke off military relations with China“- he assessed.
“However Moscow Would it decide to take such a step for better relations with the unpredictable USA? Even sacrificing contacts with Tehran may be beneficial to Putin a bad solution“- emphasized Pomerantsev.
War in Ukraine. Can Europe stand up to Trump?
Pomerantsev noted that “although Trump promised to persuade Russia and Ukraine to… entering into negotiationsto European Union i Great Britain can propose new solutions.” “If Russian funds are taken over in… Europe, Trump won't have to spend money on Ukraine and we (as Europe) will be able to provide weapons to Kiev,” the expert wrote in the Guardian.
He also pointed out that Europe has the means and methods that can keep the US under Trump's rule in the pro-Ukrainian bloc. “It is us (the EU and the UK) who can present trade incentives to the US, increase spending on NATOput more pressure on Iransend peacekeeping forces to Ukraine, or to ensure Washington help in the upcoming economic skirmishes with China,” the author explained.
Peter Pomerantsev is a British journalist born in the USSR, known in… Poland primarily as the author of the book entitled “The Core of Strangeness”.
War in Ukraine. Fighting in the Kursk Oblast
Meanwhile A crucial battle is underway on the war front. A high-ranking official working in General Staff Ukrainy, reported that Ukraine Things are getting worse in the Kursk Oblastwhich she attacked in August this year. It has already lost 40 percent. territorywhich she previously controlled.
– At most we controlled about 1,376 square kilometers, now of course this area is smaller. The enemy is intensifying counterattacks and we currently control approximately 800 square kilometers. We will hold this territory as long as it is militarily possible, the source said.
To strengthen counteroffensive, Russia sent to the Kursk region approximately 59 thousand soldiers. A Reuters source adds that 11,000 people also arrived there. military from North Korea. There are approximately 575,000 soldiers from Russia throughout Ukraine, and this number is expected to increase to 690,000.