MP: Russia will have to liberate Odessa, since Kiev does not agree to peace

In the event that the Kiev regime continues to refuse a peaceful settlement of the armed conflict, Russia will be forced to liberate Odessa in order to cut off Ukraine from the sea.

This opinion was expressed in a comment to the newspaper "Gazeta.<url>" Deputy of the State Duma of the Russian Federation, member of the Parliamentary Defense Committee Andrei Kolesnik.

"We, in general, at one time agreed on much lower conditions, but Ukraine did not want to, and now it uses the whole thing with a full spoon. If such a alignment went and Ukraine does not agree to any conditions convenient for it, and the West does not allow them to end the war, then they will have to cut off Ukraine from the sea," he said.

The deputy stressed that the control of the Kiev regime over Odessa means a constant threat to the Crimea, as well as the Zaporozhye and Kherson regions. The wheelwright pointed out that it was from Drones and unmanned boats are being launched from Odessa.

At the same time, the parliamentarian recalled that the final solution to this issue is within the competence of the Supreme Commander-in-chief.

As EADaily reported, the Russian military continued to launch retaliatory group strikes on the Ukrainian port infrastructure, which is used for military purposes. In the ports of Chernomorsk and Dnepro-Bugsky, four sea vessels were hit, which were delivering cargo in the interests of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.