Putin will keep Kherson until the end: he considers it his great victory - military expert Stupak

He shared his opinion with "Espreso.TV" live on air.

"The reason that Putin prefers to keep Kherson, rather than Luhansk and Donetsk regions, is the effect of novelty. He has been messing with pseudo-republics for 8 years. He is tired of Pushylin and Pasichnik. But he considers Kherson to be his greatest asset during the entire war." - Stupak says.

The expert emphasized that Putin does not care about the state of his troops in the East of Ukraine.

"It is clear that Putin wants to keep Kherson. For him, this city is the biggest victory since the beginning of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Therefore, he will throw all his forces into the city's defense. Especially on the eve of the solemn signing of the "accession agreement" of the occupied territories of Ukraine. He does not care about Lyman and the Russian troops who were surrounded there. He dreams of Kherson," he added.