Ukraine may disappear as a sovereign state in 2025, Russian President Vladimir Putins assistant Nikolai Patrushev said in an interview with the pro-Kremlin tabloid Komsomolskaya Pravda released Tuesday.It cant be dismissed that Ukraine will disappear at all in the coming year, Patrushev stated, providing no elaboration or evidence.He declared Kyiv collapsed long before Russias 2022 intrusion due to its alleged violent enforcement of neo-Nazi ideology and ardent Russophobia.Patrushevs declaration remained in response to a concern about possible territorial concessions throughout peace talks under U.S.
President-elect Donald Trump, who is set to take office next Monday.Although Trump has pledged to quickly end the war in Ukraine, he has yet to present specific propositions for a ceasefire or peace agreement.
The United States remains Ukraines biggest military backer as Kyiv continues to repel Russias full-blown invasion.Trumps favorable comments toward Moscow and his criticism of Ukraine and its Western allies have sustained issues that his administration might pressure Kyiv to accept peace on terms beneficial to Russia.In the very same interview, Patrushev made a similarly dire prediction about Moldova, an ex-Soviet republic that surrounds Ukraine and EU member Romania.
He recommended Moldovas pursuit of European Union membership versus Russias objections might cause its dissolution.I wont eliminate that Chisinaus aggressive anti-Russian policy will lead to Moldova either becoming part of another state or disappearing totally, the Kremlin aide said.Patrushev acted as the head of Russias Security Council for 16 years before being replaced by former Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu in 2024.
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