Political analyst Pavel Felgenhauer predicted that the war in Ukraine would continue during the next month, given the divergence of the Russian and Ukrainian positions, and because Moscow is not ready to compromise at the moment, as it adheres to its terms of Ukraine's surrender and the departure of President Volodymyr Zelensky.

He added - in his speech to an episode (7/17-2022) of the program "Beyond the News" - that more blood will be shed before the fall season;

Because the Ukrainian forces will try to counter the progress of the Russian forces in various Ukrainian regions, and he said that the battles between the two sides have reached a dead end, and each side is trying to tip the scales in its favour.

The political analyst - speaking from Moscow - stressed that there is an opportunity for Moscow and Kiev to reach a comprehensive agreement on grain exports, referring to the summit that will be held in the Iranian capital, Tehran, which will bring together the heads of Russia, Turkey and Iran, and Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan may agree on an approach Certain to export Ukrainian grain in order to achieve stability, especially in the Middle East.

For his part, Professor of Law and Political Science, Professor Valentin Yakoshik, suggested that the end of this summer would witness intense battles, as Ukraine had promised that the end of next August would start massive counter-attacks, but he warned of what he called “crazy approaches” that Russia might take in the event that the Ukrainian forces proceeded. On the destruction of the Crimean bridge.

And Oleksiy Aristovich, an advisor to the Ukrainian president, had stated that the Crimean bridge would be in the crosshairs of Ukrainian forces when they had the technical capabilities.

Valentin Yakushek - speaking from Kiev - described the Ukrainian chancellor's statement as unsuccessful because the Ukrainian and Russian parties need to stop the war and let the Russian forces leave Ukraine, and revealed that the Ukrainian Defense Minister promised the Americans that Ukrainian forces would not attack Russian sites.

The guest of the "Beyond the News" program stressed the need for restraint and not to come up with threats and provocations that anger the Russians.

Western support for Ukraine

In his analysis of the Ukrainian strategy adopted in dealing with the Russian advance, the military and strategic expert, Major General Fayez al-Duwairi said that Western support - especially the American one - enabled Ukraine to continue fighting, but 12 launchers from the HIMARS system that Washington announced to deliver to Kiev will not He changed the course of the battles on the ground, especially since 5 of them were destroyed, stressing that Ukraine requested 100 launchers.

Al-Duwairi explained that Russia will seek to control the Donbass region and stop the Ukrainian advance in the north and northwest of Kherson Province in southern Ukraine, but he pointed out the need to wait for what he called the “winter strategy,” in which he said that the Russians’ progress or lack of progress depends on the continued arrival of qualitative weapons to Ukraine. .