The head of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense, Kirill Budanov, announced the upcoming " He stated this in an interview with ABC News..

" This is an artificially created delusion, and now the moment has come for this country to fall apart,” Budanov added..

In addition, according to the head of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense, Ukraine will definitely return Crimea, occupied by Russia in 2014..

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In winter, Budanov refuted the statements of some experts that supposedly time is on the side of Russia and it is ready for a long war.. He noted that Russia in every possible way shows that it is ready for a " And she knows it very well..

Ever since Russia's attempt to seize Kyiv and install a puppet government failed in the early days of the war, a Kremlin defeat in Ukraine has become increasingly likely.. So, what is striking after almost a year of war is the almost complete absence of any discussion among politicians, political scientists, analysts and journalists about the consequences of defeat for Russia.. It's a dangerous lack of imagination given the potential for Russia's collapse and disintegration..