2024-05-14 12:37:50
Shoigu has been a favorite of Putin for a long time, I don’t see any particular reason for his replacement, except that he was very stuck as the Minister of Defense. It has come under heavy criticism regarding the strategy of the war in Ukraine. For Putin, it is important to have someone who listens to him. Changing the Minister of War does not change anything, it is a continuation of the invasion. This is what Professor Mihail Stanchev, professor at Kharkiv University, told NOVA NEWS.
Fighting continues for the control of 7 villages in the Kharkiv region. According to Russian data, in two days of offensive, their troops captured more than 110 square kilometers. Among the most affected is the Ukrainian border town of Volchansk, from where 2,500 people were evacuated.
“The advance on Kharkiv is an attempt to ‘hijack’ Ukrainian forces from Donbass. Putin’s goal is to seize this territory and say he has liberated the people. May and June will be critical, but with around 30,000 troops, Kharkiv will not be It is necessary to create a sanitary buffer zone, but the Ukrainians have already started receiving the new military aid to oppose the Russians,” he commented.
According to him, despite the daily bombings in Kharkiv, there is no panic. “There are about 200 classrooms in the metro, adapted for students. For at least another year, university education will be online,” explained the professor.