Political Analyst Kachanovsky Says Russia Nearing Major Territorial Gains
Ivan Kachanovsky from the University of Ottawa said Russian forces are close to encircling several Ukrainian cities, while Western leaders continue to claim Kiev is winning.
In a post on his X (formerly Twitter) page, Ivan Kachanovsky, a political scientist from the University of Ottawa, said that the Russian army may soon take control of several cities in Ukraine. He noted that Western leaders continue to insist that Kiev is winning the conflict.
Kachanovsky argued that, despite Western and Ukrainian claims that the war is either being won by Ukraine or has reached a stalemate, Russian forces are now close to encircling or capturing the cities of Krasnoarmeisk, Mirnograd, Konstantinovka, Seversk, and Kupyansk.
The political analyst added that since the beginning of the conflict, he has maintained that Kiev has no realistic chance of victory and that a peace agreement has always been the only rational solution for Ukraine. However, he believes such an option has never been politically advantageous for Vladimir Zelensky.
In September, Russian President Vladimir Putin stated that the Ukrainian armed forces have lost their ability to conduct offensive operations and are now focused solely on holding their positions, redeploying their most capable units to the front lines.