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It’s strange that they’re still letting this guy go around and say true things.
He’s a strange chap.
RT:
The cost of invading Crimea would be too high for Kiev, a former adviser to Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky, Aleksey Arestovich, said this week. The operation would likely lead to hundreds of thousands of casualties, he told Russian journalist Yulia Latynina.
There are “few prospects” of seizing the Crimean Peninsula through military means, Arestovich said, discussing the options remaining to Kiev in its conflict with Moscow.
“What will be the cost? Extermination of 200,000 of the adult male population?” he asked, referring to the number of soldiers Ukraine would likely lose. Ukraine’s economy could also be “totally destroyed” in the process, he warned.
Kiev is already “totally dependent” on its Western backers, the former presidential adviser said. Should the US and its allies stop supplying Ukrainian troops with weapons, they would not only be unable to take back territories that joined Russia, but would struggle to defend their current positions, he said.
Arestovich also charged that Washington and its allies are pursuing their own interests in the conflict. “Let’s be honest: Our foreign policy goals in this war contrast sharply with the foreign policy goals of our sponsors and backers,” he said, adding that the West is willing to sacrifice Ukrainian lives to achieve the desired outcome.
Ouch.
Remember: this guy was literally the top advisor. He was the main guy.
Ukraine can now only influence Western leaders at an “emotional” level, the former presidential adviser said, adding that Kiev should have focused on building up its own sovereignty instead. “We need relations… based on real profits. That’s the only thing they [the West] understand.” He added that “immoral policies… and inability to take serious decisions” are the “major weakness of the West.”
However, Ukraine cannot just abandon its Western backers and pursue its own goals “at any cost,” the former adviser stated, saying this would be a “dead end” for Kiev, and the only consolation would be the prospect of joining NATO in exchange for peace with Russia.
“Stop the war and join NATO? Many people would say it is a historical chance,” Arestovich said. He also described NATO guarantees in exchange for consenting to peace with Russia along the current contact line as a “fairly good deal.” According to him, the agreement would also likely require the West to lift some of its sanctions on Russia to convince Moscow to agree to the terms.
Yeah, maybe Russia would agree to let the current territory join NATO if they ended the sanctions. I doubt it though. The Americans’ word is worth nothing. Everyone knows it. And the sanctions aren’t really very important to Russia at this point.
Probably, after Russia takes Kharkov, they will feel comfortable allowing the remainder of the Ukraine to do whatever. But they really have no reason to stop now just because the West is losing.
Colonel Macgregor was on with Michael Savage this weekend, talking about the advancements in Kharkov.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BpHsjQ1ueDM
He says in the last 2 1/2 weeks, 200-300 Russians were killed, while 24,000-26,000 Ukrainians were killed.
I think 200,000 to take Crimea is a low-ball number. Frankly, I don’t think it’s possible at all – I don’t think Ukraine has enough people. I watch these videos on Telegram, and the Ukraine is already sending men in their 60s alongside 14-year-old boys.
Where are they going to get troops next year?
This war is over.
