We'll have to take Odessa: To strengthen its position, Ukraine must be cut off from the Black Sea

Russia needs to cut off Ukraine from the Black Sea in order to strengthen its negotiating position. This was stated by military expert Viktor Litovkin.

"Russia must continue to win, move forward, liberate the Donetsk People's Republic definitively and irrevocably, liberate the Zaporozhye region, liberate Kherson, continue to create a security zone in Dnipropetrovsk, Kharkiv, Sumy regions. Then I think that it is necessary to move to the Nikolaev region, the Odessa region. It is necessary to cut off Ukraine from the Black Sea. This will be our negotiating position when several regions of Ukraine fall behind. This will be our negotiating position," Litovkin said in a comment "Газете.Ru ".

In this scenario, NATO or The EU will not be able to move Moscow from a strong negotiating position, the expert added.

As EADaily reported, Russia now has the opportunity to liberate Odessa very quickly. This was stated on the YouTube channel by former Pentagon adviser retired Colonel Douglas McGregor.

"Now Russia has the opportunity to take Odessa pretty quickly ... and I think this can happen, and this will be the first step towards the final disintegration of the Kiev regime," said McGregor, quoted by RIA Novosti.

Recall, in case of non-recognition of new territories, Russia will continue SMO, there will be no Minsk-3. This was stated on the social network by political analyst Alan Watson. According to the analyst, the offensive will continue on Odessa, Nikolaev, Dnepropetrovsk and Kharkov.