Oleksiy Melnyk, co-director of foreign policy and international security programmes at Razumkov Centre, believes that on the battlefields, "Russia is unlikely to be able to demonstrate anything now, at least in the next few weeks."

At the same time, he notes that Putin and the radical patriotic community of the Russian Federation continues to believe that Russia will be able to succeed thanks to mobilisation and strikes at Ukrainian logistics.

"As long as they believe this, it's bad, but not the worst. When Putin is completely disappointed with the capabilities of his armed forces, the Wagner group and Kadyrov's fighters, a critical moment may come when he has only one trump card left — nuclear weapons.", — the expert said in a comment for BBC News Ukraine.

"Therefore, the task of Ukraine and its Western partners is to prevent Putin from taking this step, fatal for himself and for the world at such a critical moment," adds Oleksiy Melnyk.

Source:

https://razumkov.org.ua/komentari/pomsta-putina-chogo-chekaty-ukraini-pislia-masovanykh-atak-rosii