Igor Girkin, a former commander of the separatists in Donbas, one of the critics of the military command in Moscow for the way it conducts the war, says that the winter offensive was missed, and it would practically doom the Russian forces in Transnistria to defeat. if the Ukrainians attack them, the Russian army will not be able to intervene to help.

“Unfortunately, the fact that the winter campaign (not of the Russian army) was not successful, and that the Ukrainian troops did not suffer a strategic defeat, practically condemns Transnistria to defeat and occupation if the enemy attacks with sufficient forces,” says Girkin. , a militant nationalist and former FSB officer who helped spark the 2014 Donbas war.

According to him, the Russian troops have no chance to break through to Transnistria by land, especially after the fall withdrawal from the Kherson region.

The scenario of the Russian landing near Odessa?

Ihor Girkin sees a possible solution to the landing of troops near Odesa, a region that directly borders Transnistria, but admits that this will be a high-risk operation due to the anti-ship installations of the Ukrainians, which after they managed to sink. flagship “Moscow” restrained the Black Sea Fleet.

“Landing troops near Odessa and capturing the city is a possible solution. Conquering Odessa from the sea is, unfortunately, something from non-science fiction. Having lost the cruiser “Moskva” sunk by anti-ship missiles – although this is not confirmed, but apparently they cannot publicly explain how it sank – the possibility of landing an amphibious assault is blocked by the fact that any large ship, including an amphibious one, can be destroyed by the enemy installations even before approaching the shore,” says Girkin.

“Unfortunately, neither our navy nor the army currently have enough power to destroy the enemy’s anti-ship and anti-aircraft installations near Odessa,” says Girkin.

he: Who is Igor Girkin?

Ihor Girkin is a nationalist militant and former FSB officer who participated in the outbreak of the war in Donbas in 2014. He also commanded pro-Russian separatists in Donbas after the war started 9 years ago.

Girkin, who is accused in the Netherlands of shooting down Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 over Ukraine in 2014, was one of the first vocal critics of the “special military operation” ordered by Putin on February 24.

Ihor Girkin, who often criticizes the country’s mismanagement, calling Defense Minister Shoigu a “cardboard marshal”, has repeatedly stated that Russia will be defeated in Ukraine if it does not mobilize at the national level, Reuters reports.

In September, Igor Girkin, also known as Strelkov, compared the collapse of one of the main front lines to the catastrophic defeat in the Russo-Japanese War that sparked the 1905 revolution in Russia.

In one of his most vicious attacks, launched in late July, Girkin said of Shoigu that he only knew how to “raise deer,” referring to the Russian minister’s Tuvan origins, and chop firewood.

Several foreign analysts and commentators have noted that one of the reasons why Khyrkin is given such freedom of speech is that he never criticizes President Vladimir Putin, blaming all the failures of the armed forces sent to Ukraine on the military command in Moscow.