21-04-2022, 10:13 AM
https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/159...gotiations
'Russia’s political leadership is driving its troops to their death to reach the borders' (Image: GETTY)
Yesterday (Thursday), Oleksiy Arestovych, an adviser to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, decried the new offensive by Russia.
In a televised address, he said: “Russia’s political leadership is driving its troops to their death to reach the administrative borders of Luhansk and Donetsk.”
Putin’s apparent military shortcomings so far, compounded by domestic outcry over the conflict, has led to speculation he may have altered his original objectives for the war.
Last week, the Russian leader said his military would “achieve [all] their goals” set out as part of the “special military intervention”, according to a Turkish news agency.
However, he claimed the “main goal” of the operation has always been “to help the people in Donbas” - the area that contains two separatist regions that are the focus of the latest offensives.
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Yesterday (Thursday), Oleksiy Arestovych, an adviser to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, decried the new offensive by Russia.
In a televised address, he said: “Russia’s political leadership is driving its troops to their death to reach the administrative borders of Luhansk and Donetsk.”
Putin’s apparent military shortcomings so far, compounded by domestic outcry over the conflict, has led to speculation he may have altered his original objectives for the war.
Last week, the Russian leader said his military would “achieve [all] their goals” set out as part of the “special military intervention”, according to a Turkish news agency.
However, he claimed the “main goal” of the operation has always been “to help the people in Donbas” - the area that contains two separatist regions that are the focus of the latest offensives.