The war of Ukraine against Russia will not end quickly, a number of factors will affect its duration. The Second President of Ukraine Leonid Kuchma in an interview with BBS-Ukraine gave his assessment of military operations.
“First of all, you do not need to count on the fact that … the Russian layman will suddenly see and go to anti -war protest. There will be nothing like that. Ukraine should fight and solve everything on the battlefield … I do not think that the war will end soon” – Says Kuchma.
He noted that in a civilized world in conflicts they usually try to look for a Win -Win solution – when everyone and there are no losers “outright” to one degree or another, but this is not a case of Ukraine and Russia. Since, after all the Russians deed to be Russia, Ukraine will not go to any compromises.
According to Kuchma, at the moment, Ukraine is counting on an increase in the supply of Western weapons, and Russia – on further mobilization and transfer of the economy to military rails.
The ex-president believes that the result of the counter-cost of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the liberation of Kherson, the approach of the cold period without the supply of Russian gas, the prospect of political crises and elections in the West, as well as the “unremarking of the ordinary European” will affect the course and duration of the war. dramatically lose in the level of comfort and well -being. “
also Kuchma does not believe that the Russian Federation can apply strategic nuclear weapons. At the same time, he does not exclude that the Kremlin can use tactical nuclear weapons.
When asked whether the world is on the verge of the third world and whether Russia could attack Lithuania or Poland, Kuchma replied: “When Hitler attacked Poland, no one knew that this was already a world war. Depending on the fact that How Ukraine will reflect aggression – either the third world will be able to avoid, or it is already coming. If we are still turning, Russia will not go further. If not, I’m afraid that “continued.” But we are learning. “