In order to avenge the loss of the Russian cruiser Moskva, Russia is likely to increase its attacks on military areas and civilians. That’s what the editor-in-chief of “National Defense” estimates on franceinfo.
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Russia “will continue its policy of terror with airstrikes on Kyiv and its region as in the past few days,” estimates General Jérôme Pellistrandi, editor-in-chief of “National Defense”, on franceinfo, while Moscow is once again putting pressure on the Ukrainian capital and surrounding cities.
According to him, Russia “no longer has the strength to re-encircle the capital on the ground” but risks intensifying attacks “on military sites, but also on the civilian population”. After the sinking of the Russian cruiser Moskva, “it is important that Moscow speak out to avenge this loss,” he said.
The loss of this cruiser was felt by the Russian armed forces as “humiliation”, and these new blows, which also struck Lviv, not far from the Polish border, are the reprisals. “It’s a signal to say that the war is going on, the Russian will is intact, and that’s extremely worrying,” he said.
Arms factories in particular are being attacked by the Russians, although they have so far been spared. “Russian forces were confident that they would recover these factories intact after the first days of the offensive, but this was not the case,” analyzes the editor-in-chief of National Defense.
While Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy recalled the seriousness of the nuclear threat, according to Jérôme Pellistrandi, this risk remains moderate. “We have to reckon with everything, it’s not impossible on military soil, but it would really be a leap into the unknown on the part of Moscow. The vocabulary used is aggressive, but there are no signs to indicate a real threat,” he concluded.