Advisor to Interior Minister Viktor Andrusiv also believes that Russia will try to drag out the war in Ukraine " On the air of the telethon, he explained that the reason for this is the aggressor's attempt to provoke an energy crisis in the West, because of which, as the Kremlin hopes, the EU will be forced to start a dialogue with Moscow.

" I explain why - according to their calculations, a serious energy crisis will begin closer to winter, and problems with heating will begin, and these problems will also begin in Ukraine, and serious problems with the economy, - explains Andrusov. – Because energy prices are growing very strongly, and now the Kremlin’s stake will be that towards the end of the year the West will understand, let’s say, that it is necessary to negotiate with the Russian Federation. And if they (invaders - ed.. ) hold out until the end of the year, then they expect that they will be negotiated with them on what they demand "

Yesterday, Turkish presidential adviser Ibrahim Kalin said that Russia wants to negotiate not only with Ukraine, but also with the West..

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Kirill Budanov, head of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense, predicts that the turning point in the war with Russia will come in the second half of August, and by the end of this year, most of the battles with the aggressor country will be completed.. He noted that Ukraine is well aware of the future plans of the Kremlin and is ready for any development of events..

Meanwhile, the Ministry of Internal Affairs reports that the Russian Federation has begun the third phase of the war in Ukraine. This may be evidenced by the attempts of the invaders to take the Ukrainian military into "