Two Putin's strategic defeat. What is the Russian dictator now achieving - General Bridlava's opinion

The retired General and ex-NATO head in Europe, Philip Bridlaw, spoke about two strategic defeats of Russian dictator Vladimir Putin and what he is doing. “If you look at how this war was initially carried out, it is clear that Putin's first stages were completely destroyed by the Zelensky government and existing state institutions in Ukraine to transfer power to loyal representatives.

He expected the Ukrainians to meet him with the arms open, the military campaign would be able to complete in a week, the event would not be going for Ukraine, ”said Bridlav in an interview. According to the former NATO chief commander in Europe, the first strategic defeat was in the battle for Kyiv, and then encountered the consequences of the second strategic defeat on the outskirts of Kharkiv. “Now he has reorganized and trying to win the battle for the Donbas.

I still believe that its goal is unchanged - to remove the Zelensky government and bring to power leaders who are absolutely loyal to Moscow. … Having lost in a large -scale intervention, he tries to achieve the same goal, a piece by a piece by capturing the territory in the Donbass, depleting the Ukrainian army, destroying the Ukrainian infrastructure and the Ukrainian economy, ”Brydlava said.