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In the past 2023, the Kremlin failed to achieve any goals in the war against Ukraine. This was stated on the FREEDOM TV channel by the Deputy Head of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Committee on National Security, Defense and Intelligence, Head of the Permanent Delegation of Ukraine to the NATO Parliamentary Assembly Egor Chernev.
“Because those few tactical victories that they had on the battlefield this year, for quite a long time, cannot be assessed as any achievement of strategic goals. But Putin himself says that the goals have not been achieved, and they are going to continue to achieve the goals of the so-called “NWO” on the territory of Ukraine. I don’t understand where Putin and the Kremlin are coming from; apparently, this is such bravado and intimidation of our partners that he is ready to go to the end, is ready to go further and continue the war,” he said.
But, according to Chernev, this intimidation had the exact opposite effect.
“I think that, by and large, Putin’s press conference influenced the position of the European Union. And you saw how our partners in the European Union became more active at the end of the year. Both Germany and the EU itself. And Borrell recently spoke out that Ukraine needs help, it is necessary to strengthen support not only with words, but also by increasing, for example, doubling the aid budget for Ukraine in Germany. That is, here now there is more war, who has the longest will. From us and our partners, or from the Russian Federation. I see, finally, that the European Union is waking up, and assistance will not only continue, but also increase,” says the head of the permanent delegation of Ukraine to the NATO Parliamentary Assembly.
At the same time, he noted that Russia should not be underestimated, because it has enough resources, primarily internal ones. They can afford closed cycles according to some nomenclature of the military-industrial complex without imports. But they still import through some third countries.
“Although our partners are slowly tightening these “nuts” so that the microcircuits do not fall into the territory of the Russian Federation and are not used in the missiles that are flying towards us. But this is also extremely difficult to do, because they use, for example, microcircuits from not even dual-use items, but from consumer electronics. And we record this. But I see the mood of our partners, and sanctions will increase and will further cut off oxygen to the Russian economy. And this should be the main focus. Without the economy, the Russian army will not have the opportunity to fight,” summed up Yegor Chernev.
Earlier, Chernev said that the stumbling block on Ukraine’s path to NATO is the political will of its partners. But for its part, Kyiv is working to be as prepared as possible for the moment when this political will appears, so that the Defense Forces and the army comply as much as possible with NATO principles and standards.
