Imprisoned Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny has described Russia’s failure in the unprovoked offensive war against Ukraine as “inevitable”. “The final military defeat can still be postponed at the cost of the lives of hundreds of thousands of reservists, but in the end it is inevitable,” Navalny said in a message his team shared on social media on Monday.
The statements of the opposition politician, who has been in prison in Russia for two years, were circulated four days before the first anniversary of the offensive in Ukraine. In it, the 46-year-old explained in detail 15 reasons for his rejection of military action in the neighboring country (see tweet below).
“Hysterical threats with nuclear weapons“
“The combination of aggressive war, corruption, incompetence of generals, weak economy, heroism and high motivation of those who defend can only lead to defeat,” Navalny argued. The lives of “tens of thousands of Russian soldiers were senselessly ruined”. According to the politician, those responsible have already realized that Russia is suffering a military defeat. Therefore, their rhetoric has changed from “Kiev falls in three days” to “hysterical threats to use nuclear weapons in case of defeat”.
“Conquest Tsar” Putin
The opposition figure explained that the “real reasons” for the invasion were political and economic problems in Russia and Kremlin boss Vladimir Putin’s desire to “remain in power at all costs” and the legacy of a “conquering tsar” behind it. to let go. Navalny lamented that tens of thousands of innocent Ukrainians had been killed.
He also demands that Ukraine’s borders be accepted as they were agreed upon when the Soviet Union collapsed in 1991 – and that the Crimean peninsula, annexed by Russia in 2014, be recognized as Ukrainian territory. In the past, critics of the Kremlin have repeatedly accused Navalny of supporting the annexation of Crimea.
‘Ending war shows strength’
“We must leave Ukraine alone and give it the chance to develop as the people want,” he wrote, calling for the withdrawal of Russian troops. “To continue the war is a cry of helplessness, but ending it is a gesture of strength,” he said.
Navalny was arrested in January 2021. He had previously flown back to Russia from Germany, where he had recovered from a poison attack allegedly ordered by Putin. He was later sentenced to nine years in prison for fraud. He denies the allegations.
Source: Krone
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