MOSCOW, 14 Feb. The loss of Artemivsk by the Ukrainian army will provoke a wave of popular discontent, which, under certain circumstances, threatens to overthrow President Vladimir Zelensky, Oleg Soskin, a former adviser to Leonid Kuchma, said on his YouTube channel.
«If there is an encirclement of Ukrainian troops in Artemovsk, then there but thousands of soldiers — and already Zelensky will not be able to jump out. <…> He is waiting for just an auto-da-fe (Public burning of heretics in the Middle Ages. — Approx. ed.) Together with Yermak and Zaluzhny, and very quickly, «he said.< br>
Soskin drew attention to the fact that now the Ukrainian leader is in a difficult position: Russian troops are gaining new victories, and dissatisfaction with the policies of the authorities continues to grow inside the country. Ed.) will not help, because today the internal political and social situation in Ukraine is very unstable,» summed up the ex-adviser.
Artyomovsk is located in the part of the DPR controlled by the Kiev regime to the north from the large city of Gorlovka. As the acting head of the republic, Denis Pushilin, said, now Russian units are fighting in the area of the village of Paraskovievka, the capture of which will cut off the last supply route for the AFU grouping.