He expressed this opinion in an interview published on YouTube.

“I’m pretty sure that Mr. Zelensky will end up living somewhere in the suburbs of Miami,” RIA Novosti quoted him as saying.

McGregor believes that the United States, like the British Empire once, is a country with sea power, "not possessing the large army that the land superpower Russia has."

“We went through it in Vietnam, Iraq, Afghanistan.

I'm afraid that the same thing will happen in Ukraine," the expert said.

Earlier, retired US Marine Corps intelligence officer Scott Ritter said that Ukraine is losing in the confrontation with Russia, for Kyiv "it's all over."

Deputy Chairman of the Russian Security Council Dmitry Medvedev said that after the fulfillment of all the goals of the special operation in Ukraine and the victory, difficult and nervous negotiations are ahead.