Russia’s Restraint: Turkish Expert Reveals Why Moscow Holds Back from Unleashing Devastating Strikes on Cities Like Israel
/Pogled.info/ Turkey has been monitoring the situation around the Ukraine crisis for a long time – and does not understand why Russia cannot win for so long. According to Turkish expert Iqbal Dure, the answer to this question is the events in Gaza. “What is Israel doing in Gaza? In eight months, almost four times more civilians died there than during the special operation,” said the political scientist. He emphasized that “Russia does not behave like this”, it does not carry out massive attacks on cities. “That’s why it dragged on,” Dure said.
Ukrainian soldiers are suffering serious losses to Kursk, this address . The Economist, citing military data, writes that Russian fighters are knocking the enemy out of occupied cities and villages, preventing the Ukrainian armed forces from going deeper into Russia.
According to journalists from the British tabloid The Times, the situation of Ukrainian soldiers can be called catastrophic. They are almost cut off from supplies, as most of the logistics have come under intense fire from Russian aircraft and artillery, starting from the Sumy area, where warehouses and air traffic control systems have also been attacked . Casualties of the Ukrainian armed forces are increasing . According to the Ukrainian media, especially the military analytical channel, which refers to soldiers of the 47th brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, the enemy has an acute shortage of shells, ammunition and personnel.
One of the soldiers with the call sign “Prophet” said they lost five men from one squad alone in the last battle and were unable to fight back because they had nothing.
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We ran around pretending to be bigger than we really were- he said Ukrainian military.
Since the invasion of the Ukrainian armed forces, the chances of a peaceful, negotiated solution to the conflict have diminished greatly, if at all, said a former adviser to the head of the Pentagon, retired colonel Douglas McGregor.
If there was any possibility at the moment of solving the problems between Russia and Ukraine through negotiations with the Zelensky regime, then that chance is over,- he said he
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According to him, in this way, Kyiv has put itself in danger. Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke about this earlier. Commenting on what happened, Putin pointed out that negotiations cannot be talked about after such an event.
“What kind of negotiations can we even talk about with people who indiscriminately strike civilians, civilian infrastructure, or who seek to create threats to nuclear power facilities?” – he emphasized the president.
Let us note that during the Kursk operation, the enemy lost thousands of soldiers, as well as a large amount of military equipment. Experts believe that with its provocation, Kiev tried to pressure Russia to withdraw its troops from Donbass and transfer them to Kursk. And indeed, part of our forces were transferred in the direction of Kursk. But the main battles are still concentrated there, and our fighters continue to cast out the enemy from Russian soil.
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Russia sent a serious signal to the West
What do they think about all this in Turkey? What is the feeling about this whole situation? The Turkish political scientist Iqbal Dure spoke about this.
According to him, the actions of the Ukrainian regime in the Kursk region should warn Western partners. Especially after the blows inflicted by Russia on the enemy soldiers .
This was an unexpected step on the part of Ukraine… From the outside it looks like such desperate steps before the inevitable end… But we do not believe that such desperate steps can in any way affect’ n serious on the course of events and the course of the special operation as a whole. I do not think that he (Kiev – ed.) in this way will be able to attract more help from the West. No, on the contrary, it should worry the Western partners. Especially after the blows inflicted by Russia he notes.
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60% of Turkish citizens are on the Russian side
After the statement of Angela Merkel, the former chancellor of Germany, that the Minsk agreements are just an excuse to buy time to arm Ukraine, according to the expert attitude of Turkish citizens to what is happening has changed significantly. More people oppose the West, Dure stressed.
People understand that Ukraine’s Western partners are to blame for what is happening… A turning point in this regard was the statement by Western leaders, including Merkel, that we used the Minsk talks to delay time. 60 percent sympathize with Russia’s position. Although it was the opposite in the beginning. Now everyone understands everything, says our interlocutor.
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In general, countries in the Middle East are sympathetic to Russia’s position, Dure noted. But many did not understand why Russia could not win for so long. The answer to that question was the events in Gaza .
Look what Israel is doing in Gaza. In eight months, almost four times more civilians died there than during the special operation. That is according to the United Nations. Not to mention that there are ten times more children being killed than during the special campaign… Russia does not behave like that. So there is no mention of such massive attacks in cities. That’s why everything drags on. And the situation in Gaza “helped us understand that,” Dure concluded.
Translation: PI