New information on Russia's plans revealed "Bloomberg", which cites anonymous sources in the Kremlin. "Putin is convinced that his forces can penetrate Ukraine's defence by the end of the year to take full control of the 4 regions he considered to belong to Russia," we read. It's about the Lugansk region, the Donetsk region, the Zaporosk region and the Kherson region.
Prokremlian political scientist Sergei Markow notes that Donald Trump is the 1 pushing for a truce, but Vladimir Putin refuses to agree to it. – Putin tries to maneuver so that negotiations proceed alongside the military offensive," Markow stated, and his message quotes "Bloomberg".
Putin doesn't want a truce.
The Kremlin most likely sees no urgent reason to change its strategy, even in the face of possible fresh sanctions imposed by the US. 2 sources akin to Kremlin said "Bloomberg" that Putin did not care about these threats and is ready to proceed the war if necessary.
Can Russia truly take control of 4 Ukrainian circuits by the end of the year? "If Ukraine's defence had broken down, then it would be very easy to get specified an advantage, but at the minute specified a script seems very unlikely," stressed Ben Barry, a land war expert from the global Institute of strategical Studies.
Sceptically, these plans are besides to be set by soldiers from the Russian army – sources akin to the Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation say.
Let us remind that on Monday at 16:00 Polish time Putin's telephone conversation with Trump is to begin. After its completion, the president of the United States is to talk with Volodymyr Zelenski and allies from NATO.
