of settlement, because the people of ukraine would not be willing to endure this kind of savagely. that s right, that was his calculation, and it was just a bad as bad a calculation, as the one they predicted he would take even three days. it is just as bad as the idea that he would liberate russia liberate ukraine, denazifying ukraine, demilitarize it in a matter of weeks. he has grossly miscalculated, time and time again, and deeply underestimated the will of the ukrainian people. to fight until all of their territories liberated. i don t see how that changes i just can t understand the circumstances under which that changes, whether it s months or years whether we are supporting them or not. my prediction is that ukrainians will continue to fight russian occupation until it is no more.
and because of this kind of terrorism, there is no way that they can compromise with putin, until they have liberated all of their territory, including crimea, that is their ambition, and then the entire country is behind them, precisely because putin, has used these barbaric methods to fight this war. and didn t putin believe that this kind of terrorism, and barbarism would force zelenskyy to come to some kind of settlement, because the people of ukraine would not be willing to endure this kind of savagely. that s right, that was his calculation, and it was just a bad as bad a calculation, as the one they predicted he would take even three days. it is just as bad as the idea that he would liberate russia liberate ukraine, denazifying ukraine, demilitarize it in a matter of weeks. he has grossly miscalculated, time and time again, and deeply underestimated the will of the ukrainian people. to fight until all of their territories liberated. i don t see how that changes i just can
gave his christmas address he warned for the potential of russian retaliation. of course he didn t mention the drone strike but in general the ukrainians are worried that there could be some sort of make sure russian attack before the end of the year, after a bee pause over christmas. and dimitri medvedev, former president of ukraine, he is saying that russia will engage in this war until quote, the disgusting, almost fascist receive in kyiv is both removed and demilitarize which is certainly very different from putin saying he s going to negotiate. will ripley, thank you so much. more perspective now from senior military analyst, retired army lieutenant general mark hertling. hartling, you have heard that report there from will ripley. what is your reaction to the new strike on an air pace deep inside russian territory? let s call it what it is pam. angles to airbase near the city of sakharov, about 400 kilometers away from the front line, has several important factors regarding i
plant in europe. and so it is of course russia s responsibility to take action so that remedies this very dangerous situation for 2409 o not only ukraine but also the whole of europe. a potential accident or incident at this nuclear power plant will affect the whole of europe. and so the best thing would of course be to end the occupation of ukraine, to withdraw all its forces. but first it should be to demilitarize, to remove all russian troops from the nuclear power plant. is a threat to that plant a threat to the nato alliance? the nato article 5 is about an armed attack on nato territory. an incident, an accident in ukraine is different thing. but it is dangerous for the whole of europe and that is the reason why the message to russia, to the russian forces