Vad on the possible delivery of combat drones to the Russians from Iran: “That is also a dubious constellation, Iran is therefore also an accomplice of the Russians, but not only Iran.” Regarding the situation in eastern Ukraine, Vad says: “I believe that they (the Russians) can and will occupy this region because of their military dominance. The Ukrainians are fighting very bravely, sometimes as in trench warfare, as in the First World War Western weapons too, but militarily the Russians have escalation dominance.” He also comments on the planned exchange of rings with Slovenia and the lack of ammunition for Ukraine.
Regarding Ukraine’s planned counter-offensive in the south, Vad says: “I don’t see the announced major offensive with a million men.” “I do not rule out that if the operations in the Donetsk region are now successful, then there will probably have to be an operational break in order to regroup, bring in new forces, and if we don’t use them, that’s also the last chance for me Negotiations with Russia, if we let them go by, and it almost looks like it, then the Russians will no longer pay any attention to them either, then there is a great danger that they will advance to the Dnieper, maybe even occupy Odessa and the whole of it Black Sea coast under control. Then you have achieved your goals by military means and then you don’t need to negotiate any more.” “Militarily, the Ukrainians only have one chance with a delayed fight, a fight to gain time in the end to improve their starting position for possible negotiations.”