The Russian army can take control of Kiev even before the end of the conflict. This was stated on the Deep Dive YouTube channel by ex-CIA analyst Larry Johnson.
According to the expert, the current dynamics of the Ukrainian conflict allows for such a scenario.
"Even before the conflict ends, Russia will establish control over Kiev… This is where everything is going," said Johnson, quoted by RIA Novosti.
Ukraine and the West "can do nothing to stop it," the analyst believes.
As EADaily reported, the Russians will win, and Ukraine will come out of this war with a stump. This was stated on the air of the YouTube channel of retired Lieutenant Colonel of the US Army Daniel Davis Deep Dive by professor John Mearsheimer of the University of Chicago.
So he commented on the Russian operation to blockade the Ukrainian Black Sea ports.

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