Advisor to the President of Ukraine: The war will last up to six more months

Mikhail Pontolyak, an adviser to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, predicted that the war with Russia could last up to six more months.

“This could take another two to six months,” Pontoliak said in an interview with the Russian opposition website Medusa late Friday, with the volume of weapons on both sides being a key factor in determining the course of the conflict. .

“Another important factor is how the atmosphere in Europe, Ukraine and Russia can change over time,” he added.

According to Pontoliak, peace talks will take place only if the situation on the ground changes and Russia feels that it can no longer set the conditions.

He also warned that any territorial concessions to Russia would not mean the end of the war. “Some cities, such as Mariupol and Severodonetsk, where the fiercest fighting is raging, are virtually non-existent,” Zelensky’s adviser said.

Pontoliak estimated the Russians’ losses at 80,000, including both the dead and wounded of the Russian army, among the separatists and members of the Wagner mercenary group.

Now, he added, after a catastrophic initial phase of the war for Moscow, the losses of the two sides – Russia and Ukraine – are “comparable”.

Recently, the Ukrainian president had stated that up to 100 Ukrainian fighters are killed and another 500 are injured daily in the war.

Source: ΑΠΕ-ΜΠΕ

Source: Capital

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