War: Russian State TV Commentator Admits 'Ukraine Cannot Be Defeated'

Russian State TV Commentator has admitted that Ukraine cannot be defeated.

EKO HOT BLOG reports that a Commentator on Russian State TV, Mr Nadezhdin has told viewers that Vladimir Putin was misled by his advisors and that Ukraine cannot be defeated in what appears to be an example of sanctioned criticism, reports state.

He said: “We’re not at the point where we have to understand – it’s absolutely impossible to defeat Ukraine, using the resources and colonial war methods that Russia is using to win this war.

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“I’m suggesting peace talks to end this war.”
Mr Nadezhdin added that he thought that the Russian President was being lied to by his aides about the progress of the war.

Although most commentators on Russian state television are pro-Kremlin, frustration is beginning to boil over about the lack of progress and heavy losses in Ukraine.

However, some hard line Russian nationalists have called for mass mobilisation and the continuation of the conflict in the wake of Ukraine’s success on the battlefield.

Alexander Kazakov, a pro-Kremlin MP, warned Mr Nadezhdin on the show that his comments could breach Russian war censorship rules and insisted that Moscow would wage the war until its objectives were met.

In response, Mr Nadezhdin quipped: “So my 10-year-old kids will get a chance to fight, is that right?”

Another commentator on the show argued that Kremlin spin doctors were at fault for claiming that it was a fluke that Ukraine was an independent nation and a product of Bolshevik imagination.

Russian Sunday night TV news shows ignored the retreat from the Kharkiv region or explained it as a strategic move to save Russian lives.

Igor Girkin, a former Russian commander of Ukrainian separatists, is among the hardliners calling for an enhanced offensive, although he blamed Putin for recent losses.

Mr Girkin praised airstrikes on civilian infrastructure across Ukraine and warned that Kyiv’s possible response “will hopefully make Kremlin residents of Planet of Pink Ponies realise that this is a total war, and it needs to be won without any illusions about a peace deal on equal terms”.

There has been increased speculation about the possibility of a general mobilisation, however, Alexander Khodakovsky, a former senior separatist commander in Donetsk, warned that such a move could backfire.
He said: “The reason why this is happening is not a shortage of men but a bad use of them.