The recorded interview was designed to convince the Russian public that the army was making progress, and to reiterate the commitment to entirely seize the regions of Luhansk, Donetsk, Zaporizhia, and Kherson. However, Pokrovsk is just a city, and like Bakhmut and Avdiivka, other cities in the region that Russia has gradually conquered over the last three years, it will not win the war. Putin wants to continue the Ukraine war for another two years by selling oil to China and India (notwithstanding American sanctions), importing military materiel from China, and recruiting thousands of mercenaries from North Korea, and other nations.
Author: RealClearWire
Published at: 2025-11-09 22:01:00
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