US General Mark Hertling, the former commander-in-chief of US forces in Europe and a military analyst, said that Russian President Vladimir Putin's options in Ukraine are running out after the Ukrainian forces took control of Lyman.
The American general said in an interview with CNN - yesterday, Saturday - that despite Putin's recent show of force and his announcement of the annexation of 4 Ukrainian regions to Russia, his forces in Ukraine recently faced a new setback, as the Ukrainian forces regained The control of Lyman, located in the Donetsk region, which Russia recently announced after a popular referendum.
Hertling said that Putin is losing the ability to see reality and no longer has anything with which to maneuver in Ukraine, and that his attempt to annex Ukrainian regions and adopt the position of the victor in the war is a form of psychosis, according to a report published by the American magazine "Newsweek".
The American military analyst considered that Putin's arrogance, despite his failure at all levels, is astonishing. His arrogance indicates that he has lost touch with reality."
The American general described the Russian leader's recent announcement of Russia's annexation of 4 Ukrainian regions as illegal and violating international law.
Last Friday, the Russian President announced that the Ukrainian regions of Lugansk, Donetsk, Zaporozhye and Kherson have become Russian, and condemned in a lengthy speech what he called the West's control of the world order.
At a ceremony hosted by the Kremlin for the annexation ceremonies, Putin delivered a lengthy speech in which he stressed that the annexation of the four new regions of the Russian Federation expresses the popular will of millions, and that the residents of those regions have become Russian citizens forever.