The war in the Donbass may end soon. This opinion was expressed by the head of the National Guard Yuri Allerov.

"You know, I have such an internal feeling that the war will not last long," he said in an interview with "Apostrophe".

According to him, the war will cease due to the fact that effective levers of influence will be found on the president of the Russian Federation, Vladimir Putin, or he simply will not. In this context, he recalls that after the death of Adolf Hitler ended the war, and Germany chose a different path of development, turning into a prosperous country.

"In the USSR there was practically the same thing - Stalin died, a" thaw ". Russia also after the collapse of the Soviet Union experienced its "thaw" - in the times of Yeltsin.

And there is a hope that there will not be a second Putin there, "said Allerov.

At the same time he pointed out that irrespective of political changes in the country, the National Guard will develop its potential, improve professionalism and combat capability for the protection of the state.

Earlier, former US ambassador to Ukraine John Herbst said that strengthening sanctions against Moscow and giving Ukraine weapons will speed up the end of the war in Donbass.