'It's not years, but months': diplomat on strategy to pressure Putin

Diplomat Volodymyr Ohryzko stated this on Espreso TV.

"For Putin to understand that what follows will only be a deepening of the catastrophe, several hundred precise long-range weapons are needed. Whether they will be Tomahawks, or Barracudas, or Ukrainian ones—that is not the question. The question is how quickly, combinedly, and systematically they can be applied," Ohryzko noted.

According to the diplomat, to neutralize Crimea, it is necessary to hit 50–60, a maximum of 70 targets. After that, it will be left with no chance. That is, it is worth starting with that very Crimea—sacred for the mad Putin and for many no less mad Russians. Imagine that this sacredness, suddenly disappeared, and after it, another 100–120 objects hit deep inside Russia. And the sacred Russia ceased to exist, because it is no longer capable of anything.

"We are already seeing what is happening with the gas-station country, which has turned into a station without gasoline. Russia is already buying gasoline in Singapore to bring it to the Far East and thus partially reduce the problems for the army, because the people there have long been forgotten. 

All this means that the time is not far off when Russia can really stop, in the literal sense of the word. I am more than convinced: if there is a sufficient number of precise and powerful weapons and our Western partners really help, ensuring that these high-precision weapons hit exactly where they need to—then it is not years, but months," Ohryzko emphasized.

• Russian leader Vladimir Putin stated that if the U.S. supplies Ukraine with Tomahawk missiles to carry out strikes deep into Russian territory, it will lead to the destruction of relations between Moscow and Washington.