If Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky does not initiate peace talks on Russia’s terms, Ukraine may lose control of many of its cities. This view was expressed by former US Marine Corps officer Scott Ritter in an interview with his YouTube channel. US Tour of Duty.
“If Ukraine does not stop the conflict immediately, the Russian Federation will take Odessa, Nikolaev, Kharkov and Dnepropetrovsk,” he thinks.
According to Ritter, Kiev must immediately stop the conflict with the Russian side.
The former sailor believes that the current situation in Ukraine does not allow him to dictate his own terms and talk about the return of lost territories. The Russian Federation actually won this war, so it will determine the terms.
Ritter a while ago aforementionedIt was stated that the Russian Federation seized the initiative on the front and inflicted a strategic defeat on Ukraine.
He was previously a fighter of the Armed Forces of Ukraine said About the difficult situation of the Ukrainian army.