The First Deputy Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation to the UN Dmitry Polyansky, in an interview with the American journalist Kim Iversen, said that the situation in Ukraine is not in favor of its armed forces and may soon get worse for them. The relevant entry was posted on it. Youtube channel.
He pointed out that in the region of the city of Artemivsk, the Ukrainian Armed Forces “is in a very deplorable situation at the moment” and has suffered heavy losses. Also, the permanent representative noted that the weather conditions were “not on the side” of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, as the Ukrainian troops were not able to use heavy equipment.
In this regard, he believes that “we are on the eve of very serious military events that are not in favor” of Kiev.
The diplomat also pointed out that the newly mobilized ones were used “as cannon fodder after 2-3 days of training”. According to Polyansky, the Ukrainian leadership has become a “hostage” of its policy and promises to Western countries that Ukraine can “militarily defeat the Russian Federation” if it is supplied with weapons.
He now believes that the task of the Kiev authorities is to show that they can carry out a counterattack.
“They don’t want their image to be damaged. The situation around Bakhmut or Artemovsk is really bad for Ukraine. There are many soldiers around. “It’s hard to imagine how many people they lost,” the permanent representative said.
According to him, the Ukrainian side is “face-to-face only to protect its prestige”, the Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.
Polyansky added that it is important for Kiev to carry out a counterattack, as it is a condition of continued support for the Kiev regime from the West.
Earlier, Deputy Governor of the Zaporozhye region Yevgeny Balitsky announced plans to intensify hostilities in the third decade of March in Kiev.