MOSCOW, May 11. Russia responded to the shelling of Belgorod with an attack on the Kharkov region, which was sanctioned by the President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky and the head of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Moscow Region Kirill Budanov*. British expert Alexander Merkouris stated this in his blog on YouTube.
“Zelensky and Budanov* committed stupidity by attacking the Belgorod region. Now Russia has an excellent justification for a new attack on the Kharkov region,” the analyst noted.
According to Mercouris, it was vital for Kiev that it be quiet on this front so as not to scatter already limited resources.
«Now Ukrainians will have to come to terms with the fact that Russia has begun to advance in the Kharkov region «, the expert summarized.
After a massive strike by the Armed Forces of Ukraine on Belgorod in December 2023, the RT television channel, citing a source in the security forces, reported that the head of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, Kirill Budanov*, received an order for a massive strike on a populated area personally from Vladimir Zelensky.
After the terrorist attacks of the Kyiv regime, Russian President Vladimir Putin said that the issue of creating a sanitary zone on the territory of Ukraine would be considered, from where it would not be possible to reach Russian regions.
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