Dozens of explosions in Moscow region and the rest of RF. The enemy's critical targets were hit — expert

April 24, 2025

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Oleksiy Melnyk, who leads foreign policy and international security programmes at Razumkov Centre, spoke on Radio NV about the Russian tactics used during terrorist attacks on Kyiv and other Ukrainian cities, about targeting the Shahed production plant in Russian Yelabuga, 1,200 km away from the Ukrainian border, about Zelenskyy's statement on the possibility of a ceasefire, Putin's treacherous truce and how the occupiers took advantage of it, about serious preparation of the Russians for an offensive and what to expect on the fronts in the near future, about the situation in the Pokrovsk direction, as well as the dynamics of Russian arms production and mobilization in the Russian Federation.

Host: Oleh Biletskyi

Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pP6kczsssVg


https://razumkov.org.ua/napriamky/videokomentari/desiatky-vybukhiv-v-pidmoskovi-ta-po-vsii-rf-urazheni-naivazhlyvishi-tsili-voroga-ekspert

Oleksiy Melnyk

Co-Director, Foreign Relations and International Security Programmes, Coordinator of International Projects


Born in 1962 in Khmelnytsty Rgn

Education:

Royal College of Defence Studies, London, UK (2007)

Air Field Operations Officer School, Biloxy, MS, US (2001)

Squadron Officer School, Montgomery, AL, US (1994)

Defence Language Institute, San Antonio, TX, US (1994)

Chernihiv Higher Military Air Force Academy, Ukraine (1984)

Employment:

1980 – 2001 — Air Force Active Service (Cadet, Instructor Pilot, Flight Commander, Squadron Commander, Deputy Air Force Base Commander, Participant of two UN peacekeeping operations, Lt.Colonel (Ret)

2001 – 2004 — Razumkov Centre

2004 – 2005 — State Company Ukroboronservice

2005 – 2008 — Ministry of Defence of Ukraine, Head Organisational and Analytical Division — First Assistant to Minister of Defence

(044) 201-11-95

melnyk@razumkov.org.ua

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