According to experts who spoke to ‘Sky News Arabia’, the counterattack is postponed due to Kiev’s confidence that it will not regain territories annexed by Moscow, while others believe that negotiations will take place on the basis of a new formula, not as Ukraine has been demanding in the light of recent Western declarations, and a third considers it difficult for Kiev to go back on its conditions, namely a complete withdrawal of the five regions. Will Ukraine be forced to accept an “honorable defeat”?
The West and the Gate of Negotiation
Over the past few months, Ukraine has made numerous statements about its imminent counterattack to recover the territories annexed by Russia in its recent war, namely Luhansk, Donetsk, Zaporizhia and Kherson, but without any actual or actual measurement in the field so far. , according to many experts.
Here, Vorogtsov Starikov, a Russian researcher at the “Volsk” military institution, claims that the Ukrainian counterattack is postponed every time as part of Kiev’s attempts to fill the gap in its forces with more Western supplies.
He clarified that the West was pushing, until recently, Kiev to launch this attack, to justify its generous support in front of the Western peoples, but what is happening in recent days in Western statements, in conjunction with Russian victories and the tightening of the screws on the southern front, proves the inability of Kiev to launch this attack or to make an effect of it.
In his statements to Sky News Arabia, Starikov referred to the recent decisions of the Swiss Parliament on preventing the supply of arms to Ukraine, and the commitment to neutrality and non-interference in this crisis.
He continued: “These statements are not the only ones, because the French president has come back to talk about security guarantees, which confirms the efforts of the West to negotiate so that things do not evolve and do not harm everyone.”
Washington tends to end the war
On the American side, Secretary of State Anthony Blinken called on Friday to strengthen Ukraine’s strength before any peace agreement with Russian President Vladimir Putin in view of the increasing calls for negotiations, warning against illusions and the false peace represented by a possible ceasefire. Starikov pointed out that the madness of the sanctions practiced against Moscow has harmed the West before Russia: there is a state of scarcity of strategic raw materials on European markets, and the soaring prices of other products with the rise in prices energy and gas, prompting a number of European countries to pressure Ukraine to accept any possible peace deal with Moscow.
Russian point of view
Political and strategic researcher Dr. Asef Melhem explained that Western statements prove that Russia cannot be separated from the world as he promoted in the beginning, so the security of Russia depends on the security of the Europe, referring to the statements of the Russian President when he said: “The world is on both sides of Russia”, because Europe is suffering from a grain, energy and fertilizer crisis. All these resources belong to Russia, so how can they be separated from the global system?” Dr. Asef Melhem, director of the Moscow-based Center for GCM Studies, adds in his statements to “Sky News Arabia” that the demands of Russia are legitimate to Ukraine and not Impossible, or the removal of sovereignty, or otherwise the goal is to prevent the militarization of Russia’s borders and the threat to national security on the part of Washington and its allies, stressing that Russia’s renunciation of these territories, at least for the time being, is not up for discussion.
new equation
The past few days have seen numerous drone attacks inside Russia, with no acknowledgment or official statement from Ukraine.
Here, Vorogtsov Starikov declares: “Everyone knows that the real author is Kyiv, which supports these attacks”, which depends on several points:
Attacks at the lowest cost to generate the greatest media momentum. The attacks inside Russia are proof of Kyiv’s inability to launch a counterattack. Trying to find a new negotiation formula to ensure Russia’s security, because the Kiev regime believes that these attacks will force Russia to negotiate.
On the other hand, Konstantin Gridin, a Ukrainian researcher in international relations, believes that carrying out attacks, whether in Russian depth or on the battlefield, are all part of the counterattack and its preparation, not marketing. media.
Is Kiev forced?
Regarding the scenarios to force Kiev to sit at the negotiating table with Russia, Constantin Greedin told Sky News Arabia that this part is difficult to implement without real guarantees and an effective withdrawal from the territories occupied by Russia. .
He adds that Ukraine is already preparing for the counterattack, and the training and weapons are being coordinated and positioned, having received large quantities of weapons, and the delay is due to the coordination and reception from the rest of the weapons.
He pointed out that the morale inside Ukraine is very high, given the recent counterattack last September, Kiev managed to liberate almost 20% of the lands occupied by Russia since the beginning of the war, especially on the southern front.
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