Photo: Ministry of Defense of Ukraine
Vadim Skibitsky commented on Lavrov’s statement
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With such statements, the Kremlin “creates the ground for resolving the status of the temporarily occupied territories in the south” through annexation.
The statement by Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov about the “expansion of the geography” of the war against Ukraine testifies to the preparation of the ground for the “attachment” of the temporarily occupied territories in southern Ukraine. This was announced at a briefing on Thursday, July 21, by Deputy Head of the Main Directorate of Intelligence of the Ministry of Defense Vadim Skibitsky.
According to him, at first the picture in the information field of the Russian Federation was built on the hostilities in the Donetsk and Luhansk regions, because the declared goal was to “help” the terrorists of the LDNR.
“There was no mention of an attack on Kyiv, the occupation of part of the south of Ukraine in the information space of Russia,” Skibitsky added.
However, the Kremlin is now “creating the ground for resolving the status of the temporarily occupied territories in the south.” This can happen through a pseudo-referendum or direct annexation of the occupied territories of Zaporozhye and Kherson regions.
“We’ll see what this process will be like. Active discussions are now underway in Moscow on how to make this process more “transparent” for the world community. One of the elements is the distribution of Russian passports. They are preparing the international community for a pseudo-referendum. This is the main scenario,” the deputy head said. GUR, adding that in the Russian Federation this will be presented as assistance to the Russian-speaking population, citizens living in the temporarily occupied territories.
Recall, Sergei Lavrov said that Moscow’s military goals in Ukraine “now go beyond the borders of Donbass,” Moscow is targeting the Kherson and Zaporozhye regions.
Russia’s goals will expand if the West continues to deliver long-range weapons to Kyiv, like the highly mobile HIMARS artillery missile systems, he said.
At the Pentagon reacted to the words of Lavrov about “changing goals in Ukraine. The United States believes that the words of the head of the Russian Foreign Ministry are nothing new for Western countries.
The OP, in turn, saidthat the basics of real geography will be most effectively explained to Lavrov by HIMARS and other long-range artillery systems.
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