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Another full-scale war by Putin on second front is political fantasy – diplomat

5 August, 2025 Tuesday
13:21

I don’t believe Russia can attack anyone else now. It can’t achieve its goals in Ukraine

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This was stated by diplomat and former Ukrainian Foreign Minister Volodymyr Ohryzko on Espreso TV.

"I don’t believe Russia can attack anyone else now. Listen, it can’t even achieve its goals in Ukraine. What second front? They talk about the Caucasus, Azerbaijan, Northern Kazakhstan, and so on. And the Baltic countries," he said.

Ohryzko believes Russia has no capacity to launch a new attack.

"Spreading troops to another front would mean scattering Russian forces from the main Ukrainian front. Is that Putin’s goal? Of course not," the diplomat said.

Ohryzko says the threat lies elsewhere.

"It’s another matter that Putin could launch hybrid attacks. He could carry out cyberattacks, provocations, send Shahed drones into certain countries, and the like. In other words – destabilization. That’s real. But a full-scale war on a second front is a political fantasy, in my view," he concluded.

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