Despite Russia’s progress in recent weeks on Ukrainian soil, conquering the capital of Kyiv is not a foregone conclusion for Vladimir Putin, said a resident of the city of Zhytomir.
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“The situation in Kyiv, I can describe it to you: the tanks have run out of fuel, the soldiers had left with three days’ supply of food and they have been there for 17 days… It is a completely disorganized attack “says Jacky Lebas, who lives 150 kilometers from Kyiv.
Moreover, the thaw period works once morest the Russian forces which try to continue the invasion.
“The tanks are bogged down because the freeze is over. In Kyiv, he is bogged down and what will happen? He will fall in front of a real human tide. The Ukrainians are there by the thousands waiting for the armored vehicles if they want to advance,” he said.
For Jacky Lebas, there is no doubt: “the capture of Kyiv is completely lost for Vladimir Poutine”.
However, the Russian president did not say his last word. Mr. Lebas doubts that Vladimir Putin is content to conquer only Ukraine, if he succeeds.
“You just have to read between the lines to know that it’s not going to stop there. He wants Lithuania, Georgia, Moldova and he even wants Poland,” he notes.
However, very clever is the one who can predict how far the Russian president will go and what means he is ready to deploy to achieve his ends.
“This war is not going to end like this. We are not in front of a normal character. We are not in front of a strategist. The greatest military specialists are really disturbed because we do not know what he is capable of doing when he is going to be cornered, ”says Mr. Lebas.
