When will the war in Ukraine end?

Why did the Russian forces not storm Kyiv? .. A senior general answers

The former Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Ground Forces, General Vladimir Cherkin, stated that the disarmament of the Ukrainian army had been completed by 70-80%, while revealing the time when the war in Ukraine was expected to end, and the reasons why the Russian forces had not stormed Kyiv so far, In addition to clarifying many important matters about the war in Ukraine during an interview with the Russian newspaper "Komsomolskaya Pravda".

At the beginning of the dialogue, General Vladimir Chirkin confirmed his approval and support for the war in Ukraine, and assessed the war in general, saying, “The situation is OK. We started suddenly, which gave us a huge advantage in the first stage. But, unfortunately, there are indications that we did not assess The enemy was completely destroyed, and we may have overestimated our capabilities somewhat. But then the situation improved. The operation went according to plan."

General Cherkin refused to answer the question "how Russia underestimated the enemy (Ukrainian army)", saying "It is not for me to tell you, but in the past eight years, the Nazi regime has ruled Ukraine. The population is forcefully indoctrinated by a neo-fascist ideology. A whole generation has grown up He hates Russia. We had hoped that the operation would take place as it happened in Crimea, and that we would receive flowers everywhere, but this did not come true."

Churkin stressed that the forces of the first echelon are fighting the war in Ukraine so far, while the forces of the second echelon and the strategic reserve forces have not intervened so far, explaining that it is better for the Russian forces to stop taking the initiative, and to stop pushing the forces towards cities, because any city is It is a fortified area ready for guerrilla warfare, with many tunnels and underground passages, and therefore storming it will be difficult, and he cited the Chechen capital, Grozny, as evidence of his point of view.

The general explained that the first task of the Russian army in Ukraine is the demilitarization of Ukraine - it has been completed, I think, by 70%-80%.

You have to finish everything.

In the cities, of course, heavy equipment and artillery remained, and NATO supplied the Ukrainian army with many grenade launchers.

But we will deal with cities later.

I think that's how the mission is defined in the plans for the operation in Ukraine."

On the lack of Russian forces compared to the size and control of Ukraine, Cherkin said, "We understand that Ukraine is the second largest country in Europe after Russia in terms of area. We had in Ukraine the Kyiv Military District, Odessa, the Carpathians, and the Black Sea Fleet, in each In the area there was an air army, and air defense, and arsenals, and bases. Everything remained there. In terms of the number of ground forces, Ukraine and Russia are absolutely equal, one to one. And to conduct an offensive, as it is taught in all military academies, it is necessary with an advantage of three to one ".

He added, "Therefore, we operate in Ukraine with small forces, as in Syria. I think this is very true and well thought out. Second levels and reserves will remain at hand."

"Weakening the morale of the enemy and stopping the resistance will begin after the complete encirclement of Kyiv. It seems to me that," he added.

On calls to refuse to negotiate with Ukraine, arguing that the Ukrainians insult Russia, Cherkin said: "We can only negotiate, because we will immediately be accused of violating all diplomatic norms. Yes, we must meet. But we negotiate in the hope of peace on our own terms. Ukraine is negotiating from In order to prolong the fighting. This gives them the opportunity to withdraw the reserves and rearm. Any delay is beneficial to them. As for NATO and Biden, they want this process to exhaust Russia as much as possible, so that there will be more losses. They want to do it in someone else's hands (Ukraine). So this is it. The reason is that they are moving weapons and mercenaries to Ukraine."

On when the war in Ukraine would end, Ccherkin explained: “As you know, at the end of February, I was thinking about the pace of progress, according to our successes, it was expected that we would finish the operation by the end of March. Now I have some doubts. Because the enemy (Army and Resistance of Ukraine) ) deals brutally, especially the nationalists, who have nothing to lose, they will fight to the end. This is what makes it difficult for our forces to advance."

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