Although there is a discrepancy between the ambitions of the President of the Russian Federation and the capabilities of the Russian army.
NATO Deputy Secretary General Mircea Joane believes that Russian President Vladimir Putin has not abandoned his initial intentions to occupy Ukraine and overthrow the country's top leadership. He said this in an interview with CNN. He noted the similarity between his and her analysis, in particular, the discrepancy between the ambitions of the Russian president and the capabilities of the Russian army.
“We do not believe that he abandoned his initial plans to occupy Ukraine, or at least overthrow the government in Kyiv. He has very high political ambitions, but if we look at his military capability, the state of his troops, the failures near Kyiv, the problems with the morale of the army – we see a mismatch between political ambitions and capabilities, “said Joanne.
He He also agreed that because of such differences, Putin could resort to decisions that would not take into account the real situation, including strong opposition from Ukrainians and support for Ukraine from allies. According to him, this may create certain risks.
In addition, Joanne expressed NATO's view on Russia's possible official declaration of war against Ukraine. He noted that Putin did not do so on May 9 and can still consider such a decision politically sensitive for himself.
members and preventing the escalation of Russia's war against Ukraine into a war between Russia and NATO./strong>in the coming months. And since Putin can't carry out his plans, he can take more radical action.
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