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The head of the Ukrainian special services, Kirill Budanov, said on Friday that Russian President Vladimir Putin is in serious condition. “dead end”: “He can’t stop the war and he can’t win it.” “He cannot win for objective reasons,” he said, and in order to stop the war, the head of the Russian state would have to “recognize that Russia is not such a strong and large state, as I wanted to portray.”
In an interview with the Wall Street Journal, Kirill Budanov mentioned that this will have consequences for Russia. If the population of the country “finally understands that the king is not as great as he pretends to be,” this will represent “step towards the destruction of what is now Russia.”
“I am amazed by Russian stupidity,” a Ukrainian official admitted, explaining that Vladimir Putin had “several options” before the war. The President of Russia chose “the most cruel and worst” and decided to invade Ukraine. “Russian experts repeatedly warned him that this would be an extreme option,” Kirill Budanov said.
The end of the war was clear to the head of the Ukrainian special services. Ukraine takes only a decision that restores the borders of Ukraine, defined in 1991.the year it became an independent country – and this implies the Ukrainian administration of Crimea and Donbass.
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When asked about the possibility of having frozen conflict (frozen conflict) in Ukraine, Kirill Budanov assured that the Ukrainians would not allow this: “This is a war for all Ukrainians.” “If anyone in the world thinks that he can dictate to Ukraine the conditions under which it may or may not defend itself, then they are very mistaken,” he said.
According to Kyrylo Budanov, Ukraine has already launched a counter-offensive “in some parts of the country”, but admitted that a large-scale one without more powerful weapons “would be very difficult.”
Last week, the head of the Ukrainian intelligence services assured that Vladimir Putin was “very ill” with cancer: “He is in a very poor physical and psychological condition,” anticipating a change in presidential position.
