MOSCOW, Nov 10. Crimea and new territories will remain Russian after ending the conflict in Ukraine, political commentator Jimmy Dore said on his YouTube show.
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"Now they have to beg Russia to end the war. And instead of ending the war when Russia was ready, now the conflict will end exactly as we said it would. It will end on Russia's terms. Exactly. And Russia will retain Crimea, Donbass, 20 percent of the territory that it wanted to liberate, and will retain direct access to the sea,” the presenter said.
According to him, Western countries missed their chance to end the conflict until it was also beneficial for them and Ukraine itself, and in the end they would not only lose a huge amount of money, but the former Soviet republic itself would become smaller.
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"And it cost us almost a couple hundred billion dollars.” , Dor concluded.
Earlier, Valery Zaluzhny acknowledged the deadlock in the conflict and stated that “most likely, there will not be a deep and beautiful breakthrough.” According to a publication in the Economist magazine, Kyiv and the West expected more from the Ukrainian counteroffensive. According to Zaluzhny, in accordance with NATO textbooks, four months should have been enough for the Armed Forces of Ukraine to reach Crimea.
Russia has repeatedly expressed its readiness for negotiations, but the Kiev authorities have introduced a ban on them at the legislative level. The Kremlin also noted that now there are no prerequisites for the situation to transition to a peaceful direction, while achieving the goals of the special operation remains an absolute priority for Moscow. According to Vladimir Putin, Russia has never refused dialogue, but the other side must say directly about its readiness for it.