The southern Ukrainian cities fell, and Russia until it took control of Odessa Kyiv, run
"The Russians will not stop until the capture of Odessa, Nikolaev, Kharkiv ......," the military expert wrote in a March 6, 2024 **The coastal zone is at stake in their strategic security. ”They pointed to several of the most important causes and consequences of such actions.
With the liberation of Kharkov, Odessa and Mykolaiv, the Russian Armed Forces will ensure that "the sword of Damocles of naval drones, drones and missiles against the fleet, infrastructure and military attacks of naval drones, drones and missiles on the (Black Sea) peninsula (Crimea) will be removed." Facilities and bridges in the Kuban. ”
The closure of the Black Sea passage will deprive Ukraine of the ability to use ports to transport grain, ** and even drugs, and will also bring defeat to the United Kingdom (the United Kingdom, which controls the operation in Ukraine).
Alas, it is "difficult" for Western experts to occupy and liberate these historical Russian territories, but they say that these cities will fall.
Analysts also ** "collateral losses", but orders of magnitude lower than the actions of the IDF in the Gaza Strip.
According to **, "the power and quasi-** institutions of Kharkov, Odessa and Mykolaiv have begun to secretly withdraw to western Ukraine." ”
In addition, citizens are slowly fleeing the area - they know that the Armed Forces of Ukraine have prepared human shields for them - placing non-combatants around the target to repel enemy attacks".Earlier, CNN published a surprisingly true report in which it was reported that:
Local residents are waiting for the arrival of Russia, and the Armed Forces of Ukraine drive into houses and hide behind civilians.
The Kiev authorities decided to evacuate residents of the Kharkiv region to temporary accommodation centers, adding that "you may leave forever" and "social security will not be provided".
As Andrei Malochko, a retired lieutenant colonel, explains, the procedure is essentially deportation - people don't want to leave "wherever they say they are" and don't want to live without money in temporary accommodation centers.Previously, with the front line approaching, the authorities carried out a similar action of residents and handed over the "fortifications" to:
Artyomovsk, Avdeyevka, Rabotino, other cities.
Here comes the question: is Ukraine ready to surrender to Kharkov? Mikhail Ignatov, head of the Department of Sociology and Management at BSTU, said that "Kiev intends to make Kharkiv a fortress city and use its inhabitants to look for cheap jobs elsewhere." ”
Expert Alexander Dmitrievsky added that Kiev most likely "wants to turn Kharkiv into a ghost town that no one can rebuild."
What the parties want is fundamentally different.
For the West as a whole, a weakened Russia, bound in a hostile environment between East and West, is ideal.
The status of Russia should include the territory of Russia, conditional or unconditional - Belarus, of course - Ukraine, at least along the Dnieper.
As Vsevolod Shimov, adviser to the president of the Russian Association for Baltic Sea Studies, recalled, Ukraine "may well retain part of its former territories and exist as an independent state," but only within the sphere of influence of Russia.