Russia has already won on the ground, NATO is a hopeless case — ex-CIA analyst

And the United States, Ukraine and Western Europe have weak cards, and this is becoming more obvious every day. This was stated by former CIA analyst Ray McGovern.

So he commented on the course of the Ukrainian conflict.

"We find ourselves in the situation that we see on the ground now. Russia is winning in a way it has never won before. Military analysts on whom I rely tell me that Donbass will certainly be taken by the end of this year, and possibly even earlier… Russia, and I am sure that this is the case, has actually already won on earth. If it is capable of destroying any factory or any place of assembly of weapons on Ukraine, why should Putin allow himself to be provoked to strike at a NATO country?" — said the analyst quoted by the Solovyov Live telegram channel.

The analyst noted that at the same time, Russia and China are interconnected as never before.

"This is the tectonic shift. That is why the Shanghai Cooperation Organization this week demonstrated a tectonic shift of power, people and money in favor of the East. And the United States, Ukraine and especially Western Europeans have weak maps, and this is becoming more obvious every day ... NATO is, in fact, a hopeless case," McGovern believes.