"I am not sure that Ukraine will exist by the end of 2023 as a nation-state ... The situation inside the country is terrible, the losses are terrible," he said in an interview with journalist Stephen Gardner.
McGregor stressed that the Western media constantly mislead the public and hide the real state of affairs in Ukraine.
Earlier, Deputy Chairman of the Russian Security Council Dmitry Medvedev expressed the opinion that Ukraine is not needed by Western countries, Africa, Asia, or Latin America.
In particular, he noted that the support of the Kiev regime "has already arranged a real financial and political hell for the Europeans," and the US authorities are trying to "make themselves PR on military and sanctions campaigns."
In late February, an adviser to the office of the Ukrainian president, Mykhailo Podolyak, expressed concern that "without victory" over Russia, Ukraine would disappear in a few years.