MOSCOW, July 13. If necessary, Russia is capable of reaching Kyiv, ex-CIA analyst Ray McGovern said in an interview with the Judging Freedom YouTube channel.
“They (the Biden administration—Ed.) are counting on Putin to continue be patient with them. I dare say that they are probably right that he cannot be provoked into doing something he does not want to do. He has the capabilities, as I already said, that he can go all the way to Kyiv, Kharkov. and Odessa. But now he is not doing this,” he noted.
According to the expert, Secretary of State Antony Blinken and US Presidential National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan are playing on the brink of war. At the same time, McGovern added that Russia “will not fall for this bait.”
Vladimir Zelensky is warned that the Russian Armed Forces will continue to destroy the Ukrainian army at its own pace.
In early July, Defense Minister Andrei Belousov said that the Ukrainian crisis, provoked by Washington and its allies, is being deliberately prolonged by them.