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The military expert Carlo Masala does not expect that the new negotiations between Russia and Ukraine in Istanbul will lead to a quick end to the war.
The military expert Carlo Masala does not expect that the new negotiations between Russia and Ukraine in Istanbul will lead to a quick end to the war. Masala said on Tuesday im star-Podcast “Ukraine – the situation”, there may be movement on technical issues. However, he does not expect a rapid breakthrough in the talks.
This would require a meeting between the two presidents, but this is not in the offing. “At the high political level, which is ultimately decisive, we still see no progress,” said the politics professor from the Bundeswehr University in Munich.
Military expert Masala warns against “selling out Ukrainian interests”
According to Masala, the pressure on the Ukrainian leadership is growing. In a long war of attrition and annihilation she could gain nothing. Despite some gains in territory, Ukraine does not have the means to force Russian troops out of the country. “The Ukrainian army is currently not capable of comprehensive counter-offensives,” he said. It is possible that Ukraine’s assessment of which concessions are reasonable will change in view of the situation.
Masala warned that a total separation of the separatist areas and Crimea would permanently divide the country. This would be “a sellout of Ukrainian interests”.
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dr Carlo Masala is Professor of International Politics at the Bundeswehr University in Munich.
He pointed out that the Russian leadership wanted to cut off its people’s access to Western media, social media platforms and other sources of information. “Of course, the Russian Federation tries to convey only its own point of view to the population,” he said. A decoupling from the Internet would amount to a “North Koreanization”.
Regarding the debate about the purchase of a missile defense shield in Germany, Masala said that even the most advanced Arrow 3 system does not offer complete protection. “These missile defense systems are not designed to ward off the massive fire from medium-range missiles,” he said. “The Russian Federation, which has many medium-range missiles, would always have the opportunity to overcome this system.”
Source: Stern
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