Podcast “Ukraine – the situation”
Security expert Mölling: The Russian offensive has begun
Soldiers of the Russian army practice at a military training ground in the Donetsk region.
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According to security expert Christian Mölling, Russian troops in eastern Ukraine have launched the long-awaited offensive. Mölling says independent sources indicated the attack had already begun. “We can assume that the offensive is there.”
According to security expert Christian Mölling, Russian troops in eastern Ukraine have launched the long-awaited offensive. Mölling said on Friday in star-Podcast “Ukraine – the situation”, independent sources pointed out that the attack had already started. “We can assume that the offensive is there.” However, it is not about the events of the last few hours and days, but about the main lines of the war. And it is clear: “If Russia wants to achieve its war goals, then it must launch an offensive.”
According to the research director of the German Society for Foreign Relations, the Russian army “has been very cautious in recent weeks and months because it was simply afraid of being burned further.” The Wagner troop of mercenaries took on difficult and dangerous tasks and sent many recruits to certain death.
“New Politics Cycle”
Mölling went on to say that from the Ukrainian point of view, Volodymyr Zelensky’s trip to Europe was the start of “a new political cycle”. The Ukrainian President’s visit to the USA has already shown how important personal presence is. Selensky did not return home from his talks in London, Paris and Brussels with a ready package of support services. “But there is an opportunity to put something back on the agenda,” he said. According to Mölling, it is still unclear whether Ukraine will receive the desired fighter jets from the West. “This Drops is far from sucked,” he said. However, Germany will not play a central role in this. “We won’t deliver any because we don’t have any. It remains to be seen whether the others will deliver.”
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Mölling advocated making the delivery of jets dependent primarily on whether they are used militarily by Ukraine: “An argument against fighter jets must come from an analysis of the situation on the ground and the next six months – and not from whether the German debate is exhausted.”