Russia’s victory over Ukraine is inevitable

FLY – Minister of Defense (Menhan) Russia Sergei Shoigu declared his military victory over Ukraine it was inevitable when he praised the heroism of the Moscow army in a video message for the new year 2023.

Soigu, who has been widely criticized by pro-war voices in Russia over the failure of Moscow’s troops on the Ukrainian battlefield during a 10-month military campaign, said the situation on the front remained difficult and criticized the Ukraine and the West for trying to rein in Russia.

“We are welcoming the new year in a difficult military-political situation,” Shoigu said.

“At a time when someone is trying to erase our glorious history and great achievements, destroy the monument to the victor of fascism, put war criminals on a pedestal, nullify and desecrate everything Russian,” he said . ReutersSaturday (31/12/2022).

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With bloody fighting going on on a 1,000-kilometre (600-mile) front and Russia gaining no territorial gains from the first months of the war, Shoigu told the Russian military: “Victory, like the New Year, is inevitable.” .

Shoigu also praised the “enduring deeds, selfless courage and heroism” displayed by Russian troops fighting what he termed “neo-Nazism and terrorism”.

Kiev and the West have dismissed Russian claims that Moscow troops were fighting “Nazis” in Ukraine as an unsubstantiated pretext for President Vladimir Putin’s attempts to seize territory and overthrow Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in aggression unprovoked.

Moscow had hoped for a quick victory in what it called a “special military operation,” but Ukraine’s fighting spirit and billions of dollars in Western arms aid helped Kiev turn the tide of war and stage a series of astounding counter-offensives.

Ukraine has now recovered more than half of the territory occupied by Russia during the first weeks of the invasion.

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