Russian state TV talks about an impending defeat in Cherson. No “good news” is currently expected in the war in Ukraine.
Moscow – Russian state television is preparing viewers for the loss of the Ukrainian city of Kherson. “Everything is difficult in Kherson,” says the Rossiya 1 television station, loyal to the Kremlin. If the Russian military really lost the city, it would be for the president Wladimir Putin a big setback Conflict in Ukraine.
In the “60 Minutes” program, presenter Olga Skabeeva invited pro-Russian military correspondent Alexander Kots. He works for the newspaper Komsomolskaya Pravdahe also runs his own Telegram channel, where he talks about War in Ukraine reported. “What do we have to prepare for? What do we have to deal with?” Asked moderator Kots. “Why did we decide to take people away from there?” Russia had previously announced that it would evacuate the civilian population following the Ukrainian counter-offensive.
Ukraine-News: Russian state TV complains about the situation in Cherson
kots explained, Russia concerned about people’s lives in the city. “Houses and apartments can be rebuilt. The inhabitants of Mariupol can confirm this. We remember the difficult battles in this city. Today, new districts are emerging there, “says Kots. The Russian army had massively bombed Mariupol in the spring and most of the buildings in the port city had been completely destroyed.
In Cherson, the situation is “very difficult,” continued the pro-government publicist. “For all these months, the Ukrainian side has been working systematically to isolate our forces from supply routes in the area of the Nova-Kakhovka dam and in the area of the Antonovsky bridge.”
War in Ukraine on Russian state TV: correspondent does not bring “good news”
Kots also acknowledged that supplies of war equipment and equipment in the region have dropped dramatically. “It makes things difficult for the Russian troops, especially as we are facing very strong forces on the other side of the front line.” According to him, the Ukrainian armed forces have four times as many troops in some regions. Western weapons such as the US HIMARS multiple rocket launcher made the situation at the front even more difficult, the correspondent explained.
“Nobody says we have a plan to leave Kherson. We will probably plan to defend him, “continued Kots. However, he explained on the TV show that he doesn’t think there will be” good news “for Russia in the next couple of months. Ukraine will give.
Russia in the war in Ukraine: “Anger and disappointment fill the study”
Journalist Julia Davis uploaded a snippet of the TV show to Twitter and the clip has been viewed more than a million times. The founder of the blog Russian media monitor writes in the short message service: “Anger and disappointment fill the studio as viewers are prepared for the loss of Kherson and other areas.”
Presenter Olga Skabeeva was frustrated at the end of the video. “The problem is that we are really at war with NATO,” complained the popular TV personality. “Why didn’t we prepare for this development when we started our military actions?” She could not understand why the Russian leadership thought the Ukrainian president Volodymyr Selenskyj it would flee immediately and NATO would not intervene.
Just recently had the well-known Russian TV presenter Vladimir Solovyov complained about the Western defense alliance. “It is clear that we are fighting against NATO. In addition, NATO is present there in full size, ”he said in one of his programs. (tvd)
