The geopolitical analyst, Savvas Kalenderidis, analysed what the Russians are seeking and what exactly the Azov battalion is.
Geopolitical analyst, author and columnist, Savvas Kalenderidis, speaking to Realfm 97.8 said that "on an operational level, what the Russians are seeking and all the networks that follow developments in a professional manner say so, is an attempt to encircle the so-called Maginot Line. The Maginot Line in Ukraine is this line of confrontation between the Donbass and the Ukrainian army."
The mother of battles and the worst case scenario
"As long as the war has been going on for these 40 days, the separatist forces and the Russian army have hardly taken any measures. According to estimates there are 50,000 Ukrainian soldiers there and there (i.e. on the Maginot Line) will be the "mother of battles". But if they succeed and surround them in a direction from Kharkiv to Mariupol, there will really be very bloody battles there. Given that the atrocities in the town of Butcha have already created a problem for negotiations, now it is risky to talk about a peace agreement," he added."
What is the Azov battalion
Commenting on the reactions to the speech of the Azov battalion fighter in the parliament, he said that "I will start first with the characterizations I saw on the Internet about the person and anthropological characteristics of the man. That is, while some accuse him of being a Nazi - when he is certainly not - those who participate in the Azov battalion are not neo-Nazis. There may be as many as 10,000 people involved but I believe that Nazis do not exceed 1,000. Now, the reports that he looks like an ape are purely fascist. Greeks have never held the view that we are an Aryan race and it is not right to take it out on an expatriate."
"The Azov battalion and other such battalions are para-state organizations, paramilitary organizations that are not under the full control of governments. The Azov has been integrated into the National Guard, it has probably lost those characteristics, but its core is what we said. It is the organization that torpedoed the Minsk agreements to provide an alibi for Putin to invade. The fact that a militant was chosen, who I repeat does not have to be a neo-Nazi, to speak in the Greek parliament, I would call it misguided or even provocation."
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