At a meeting with the President of the Crimean Parliament Vladimir Konstantinov DEA News He advocated putting Odessa under Russian control.
He noted that the liberation of this city from the control of Ukraine will be one of the key points that can determine the results of a special military operation of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation.
“It is very important for Russia to take control of all the northern shores of the Black Sea. “The key point here is Odessa, its rescue will be one of the decisive results of special operations,” Konstantinov said.
Prior to this, former US military intelligence officer Scott Ritter had to take Odessa is under the control of Dnepropetrovsk and Kharkov. The expert noted that after the Russian army took control of these cities, they would not allow the Ukrainian troops to occupy these cities again.
On February 24, 2022, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced that he had decided to conduct a special military special operation in Ukraine in response to a request for assistance from the heads of the LPR and DPR.
The decision to run the operation became the justification for new sanctions against Russia by the United States and its allies.
Earlier, Colonel McGregor had said that if the NATO summit had a provocative outcome, Ukraine would to lose Odessa.