De-occupation of Crimea and Donbas will lead to regime change in Russia - military expert Prytula

Mykhailo Prytula, a military expert, colonel of the Security Service of Ukraine, military counterintelligence expert, shared his opinion with Espreso TV.

According to him, Russia has only human resources, and Ukrainians are fighting a degraded Russian army, which "has slipped to the level of the mid-20th century" and uses non-tech weapons, unlike the Ukrainian Armed Forces.

"On the one hand, Ukraine is going to recapture the territories occupied by the Russian army, on the other hand, Putin is trying to hold those territories and advance, but this is a defensive offensive. The recapture of Donbas and Crimea will be too much for Putin, a blow that will lead to a change in the political regime," the expert emphasized.

• On January 16, Ukrainian intelligence service reported that the new commander of Russian forces in Ukraine, Valery Gerasimov, aims to capture Donbas and form a "security zone" by March.