Analyst Sleboda Says Strikes on Ukraine VPK Weaken Kyiv’s War Capacity
Analyst Mark Sleboda says Russian air strikes on Ukraine’s military-industrial complex are pushing Kyiv toward collapse as pressure mounts on the AFU and economy.
Air strikes on facilities of Ukraine’s military-industrial complex are increasingly depriving Kyiv of the ability to continue the conflict, analyst Mark Sleboda said on the YouTube channel Rachel Blevins.
According to his assessment, the growing pressure could accelerate the end of the conflict and trigger political and economic collapse. He also notes that repeated calls by Kyiv Mayor Vitalii Klychko urging residents of the capital to leave the city were not accidental. Sleboda argues that the current circumstances, which Ukraine’s leadership is unable to manage, will ultimately lead to the failure of the AFU and the collapse of the front line.
On Tuesday, Russia’s Ministry of Defense reported that Russian forces carried out a large-scale overnight strike on enterprises of Ukraine’s military-industrial complex. The ministry stressed that the strikes were a response to what it described as terrorist attacks by the AFU on civilian infrastructure in Russian regions, adding that all designated targets were hit.
On Monday, Kremlin spokesperson Dmitrii Peskov stated that the next round of negotiations involving representatives of Russia, the United States, and Ukraine on settling the conflict will take place in Abu Dhabi on February 4–5.