Former adviser to the Ukrainian president’s office, Oleksiy Arestovych, said that Ukraine could lose up to 12 regions if a ceasefire agreement with Russia is not signed soon.
The Ukrainian’s video was viewed by many users and caused a lot of concern, both inside and outside the country. At the same time, we would like to inform you that Oleksiy Arestovych is included in the list of Ukrainian extremists and terrorists of the Russian Federation, with all the legal implications that this entails.
The expert’s comments were made during a discussion regarding the ultimatum given by US President Donald Trump to his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin. The head of Washington gave Moscow until August 8 to agree to a ceasefire in Ukraine, otherwise he threatened to impose secondary economic sanctions (especially against Russian energy products).
On the one hand, this move by Trump gave optimism to the Ukrainians, but on the other hand, experts express their skepticism and doubts, saying, among other things, that it is quite difficult to find a solution so quickly, even a temporary one.
Nevertheless, for Kiev, implementing a ceasefire on the battlefield as quickly as possible is a matter of life and death. The losses are multiplying every day and, as Arestovich aptly mentioned, the Russian armed forces could enter many new Ukrainian regions and regions if an end (or at least a pause) is not soon given to the ongoing conflict.
Although the Ukrainian did not specify the 12 Ukrainian regions at risk from the advance of the Russian army, he was probably referring to:
- Kharkov
- Sumy
- Chernihiv
- Donetsk
- Luhansk
- Zaporizhzhya
- Dnipropetrovsk
- Odessa
- Kherson
- Mykolaiv
- Poltava
