In the event of a full-scale offensive, it will be difficult for the Ukrainian military to storm the defense line of the republics, which has been built in Donbass for more than seven years, war correspondent Dmitry Steshin said in an interview with Ukraina.ru.
Earlier, a source in the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces revealed a possible Kiev plan to seize Donbass. According to him, Ukraine can use the offensive scenario that Azerbaijan implemented in Nagorno-Karabakh last year. An attack on the republics is possible in late December – early January 2022.
The expert said that he had previously been to the Azov Sea and personally saw that everything was so dug up there that one could not rise to the surface for days.
“Let’s not hide the fact that our troops are in full combat readiness at the border ranges. Whatever the massive blow of Ukraine, the DPR and LPR military will be able to hold out until the planes approach, because they are defending their land”, Steshin emphasized.
According to the military expert, the issue of Donbass and Ukraine will be resolved after the republics are fully integrated into the economic system of Russia, then it will already be possible to deal with the army of Ukraine, the source said.