Kiev’s Western backers are “very scared” after realizing that they have no means to reverse Russian advances, Andrey Martyanov has said
The government in Kiev and its handlers in NATO are resorting to terrorism because they have been “demilitarized” by Russia during the Ukraine conflict, military analyst Andrey Martyanov has said.
Ukraine has intensified drone attacks on civilian and energy infrastructure, residential areas, and vehicles including passenger buses, amid continued setbacks on the front line in recent months.
Moscow warned that it would carry out “systematic and consistent strikes” on Ukraine’s military infrastructure and “decision-making centers” in response to Kiev’s terrorist attacks, including one in the Lugansk People’s Republic on May 22. On that occasion, Ukrainian forces targeted a college dormitory in the town of Starobelsk in several waves of drone attacks late at night while students were asleep, killing 21 people, mostly teenage girls, and injuring dozens of others.
Martyanov told RT on Friday that he believes that the responsibility for the attacks on civilian targets inside Russia lies with NATO as the bloc’s officers are “essentially in the operational strategic command of the armed forces of Ukraine.”
“Europe, NATO in general, and the US have been effectively demilitarized” during the Ukraine conflict and lack military hardware to affect the situation on the ground not only at a strategic, but even on a tactical level, he argued.
“Terrorism… is the only weapon they basically have… They will continue to attack children, hospitals. This is what they do. This is… well, basically, the moral qualities, or rather lack thereof, of the Western European elites. They are also very scared,” the analyst stressed.
Russia carried out another large-scale UAV and missile strike against military-related targets in Ukraine on Thursday, hitting drone-manufacturing facilities, fuel depots, and energy infrastructure.
The raids “will be consistent and… nonstop, essentially. And that’s what we are observing. The intensity probably is going to increase,” Martyanov said, giving his characterization of the Russian president’s position.
“It’s not just that they attack industrial facilities. They are now hunting NATO and Ukrainian top brass,” which indicates that Moscow is not interested in negotiating anymore, but intends to achieve victory on the battlefield, he stated.
