The text of the article says that if Kiev continues to push the Ukrainian military to offensive and refuses to consider any options for a peaceful settlement, providing for Russia's control over part of the former territories of Ukraine, then "there is a possibility that the Ukrainian army, as an institution, may fall apart."
He also said that Ukraine almost certainly does not have the capacity, especially the military, to ever seize Crimea and The Donbas.
Earlier, the American permanent representative to NATO, Julian Smith, said that the United States expects that the Armed Forces of Ukraine will launch a counteroffensive in the coming weeks.
The head of the Crimea, Sergei Aksyonov, in response to Zelensky's threat of an offensive, promised to "meet and bury" him.
Deputy Chairman of the Russian Security Council Dmitry Medvedev, in turn, said that the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces is preparing its decisions in connection with the preparation of the Armed Forces of Ukraine for the offensive.
Crimea became a Russian region after a referendum held there in March 2014: the majority of residents voted for reunification with Russia.
In early October 2022, Russian President Vladimir Putin approved the ratification of treaties and signed federal constitutional laws on the adoption of the DPR, LPR, Zaporozhye and Kherson regions into Russia.