Ukraine, the disturbing scenario of Alberto Negri: “To whom we give weapons…”

The West has been supplying Ukraine with the weapons it needs to defend itself against a Russian invasion for a year now, but what do we know about Kiev’s losses? Journalist Alberto Negri, an expert on war and conflicts, who spoke on Thursday, June 1st, in Piazza Pulita, on La7, gave an unprecedented reading of support for Volodymyr Zelensky. There is talk of political scenarios linked to the Ukrainian crisis: “The Russians count on Trump, he is their candidate in the elections in the United States. middle of a conflict. The problem is to understand what the two contenders want”, explains the journalist.

Zelensky “was clear, he reiterated in Moldova: he wants the liberation of all occupied territories – explains Negri – Putin was much less clear, and that’s what impresses him, he almost never talks about the war. He made people talk today in day Prigozhin”, comments the journalist referring to the head of the mercenaries of the Wagner group. Depending on convenience, these raise two scenarios: Russia’s victory and a long, long war of attrition. But the truth is that both Putin and Zelensky “lost tens of thousands of men”, Russia perhaps over 100,000.

“Faced with these losses, even the famous Ukrainian counter-offensive will be limited and concentrated in some specific areas because they no longer have enough men to cover a front of 1,200 kilometers”, says Negri, who makes a very significant observation: “I would like to emphasize that we give arms to a country whose military losses we do not know, and it is quite paradoxical if you like”.