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Ritter: Ukraine may lose Odessa, Kharkov, Dnieper and Nikolaev

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Ukraine may lose a number of cities, including Odessa, Kharkov, Dnepr (formerly Dnepropetrovsk) and Nikolaev, said former US intelligence officer Scott Ritter.< /p>

The conflict cannot end until the Russian Federation eliminates the threat to Crimea emanating from Odessa and the Black Sea coast, the expert shared his point of view. At the same time, according to the analyst, in order to liberate Odessa, it is necessary to take control of Nikolaev, and before that the Dnieper, and before that enter Kharkov.

According to the expert, Moscow has never sought territorial acquisitions, but The North Atlantic Alliance is forcing us to move forward. This is due to the financial and military assistance that the Western military-political bloc provides to Kyiv to confront Russia, Ritter explained.

“Vladimir Putin recently made an interesting statement. He said that Odessa is a Russian city,” recalled the former American intelligence officer. If the head of the Russian state comes out and says that Odessa is a Russian city, then Odessa will be a Russian city, Ritter concluded.