Kirilov's liquidation scared the Russian elites, but Ukraine does not win it - NYT
The elimination of a high -ranking military leader will be angry with the Kremlin and may spread fear among the Russian elite, but will not have a positive impact on Ukraine on the front, journalists say with reference to military analysts. "I think there is a psychological impact that tells elites: we can find you wherever you are and you are in danger. But I don't think it will really affect their (Ukrainian - ed.
) Military capabilities," - - said Douglas London that he worked three times the CIA head before retirement in 2019. The material states that now the situation for Ukrainian fighters on the battlefield is steadily deteriorating, because the Armed Forces are inferior to the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation with quantity and equipment, so secret operations and diversions can become one of the few useful tools in the arsenal of Ukraine.
Journalists emphasize that since the beginning of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, such a commandant of such rank has been killed at such a distance from the front line. According to Ralph Goff, a former high -ranking CIA employee, the murder of Russian warlords in the Russian rear is a "need strategy" for Ukraine, but can eventually become counterproductive. "Ukrainians see opportunities here. They try to ignite the Russian elites to force Putin to make an agreement. I think it is a false strategy.
If they are not cautious, they will create the opposite effect. They were so angry of the Russians that they said they were not interested in Negotiations, "said Goff. According to US officials, Presidential Administration Joe Baiden tried to use Ukraine's dependence on Western assistance to contain such operations. If the newly elected President Donald Trump is reducing assistance, Ukrainian special services will be more likely to resort to such methods.
"With the advent of the Trump administration, Ukrainians are looking for asymmetric operations more effectively: both the murder they did and long distances using their own drones and missiles," said the CIA Department of CIA Duglas London. The material also provides an anonymous comment from the Senior Special Operations Operations Operations officer, who said that General Kirillov's surgery has like to eliminate "zero" effect and do not affect tactics and strategy.
According to the officer, the Russian Federation will find the general replacement and during the probable negotiations will insist on termination of secret operations in the rear as part of a peaceful settlement. The fact that in the center of Moscow, an explosion, which was killed by two men, was killed in the morning of December 17, Russian Telegram channels.
Subsequently, the Roszma said that a homemade bomb exploded at the entrance of the multi-storey man-made bomb, and Lieutenant General Igor Kirilov may be among the dead. Kirilov was the head of the Radiation, Chemical and Biological Protection of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. On the eve of the SBU in absentia, she announced him of suspicion of war crimes, accusing him of numerous criminal orders for the use of prohibited chemicals against Ukrainian fighters.
Also in the summer of 2023, General Kirilov stated that the United States was preparing malarial mosquitoes for Russian attacks on the Russian-Ukrainian front. Soon the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation officially confirmed that from the explosion of a homemade device on the Ryazan Prospect in the capital of the Russian Federation, it was the Lieutenant General of the Russian Federation Igor Kirilov.