Russia plans to capture the south of Ukraine, in particular, Odessa, by May 9.

Thus, Putin wants to demonstrate "

This was stated by investigative journalist, founder of Ballingcat Hristo Grozev in a joint telethon.

" They want to " They understand that if they don’t give something beautiful like a full corridor to Odessa, for example, to the people, then the people will start asking questions,” Grozev notes..

According to him, if a week ago the Russian population believed in the propaganda of the Kremlin, then in recent days everything indicates that the people do not believe Putin.. In particular, this is evidenced by the most popular requests of Russian users on the Internet: "

Therefore, the journalist believes that the Kremlin will look for any achievement in order to " However, if he fails, Putin will resort to terrorist measures - in particular, chemical weapons.. However, whether such an order will be carried out by the military command of the Russian Federation, Grozev does not undertake to assert.