President Vladimir Zelenskyy’s aide Mikhail Podoliak
First Post: Not a 'big battle for Middle-earth': Zelenskyy’s aide on looming Ukrainian counteroffensive
New Delhi: President Vladimir Zelenskyy’s aide Mikhail Podoliak on Tuesday said the ongoing conflict between Russia and Ukraine is not a “Hollywood movie” and one should not expect the looming Kiev counteroffensive to be a turning point in it.
“When we talk about a counteroffensive, that it will cause a collapse for Russia or, conversely, there will be no gains for Ukraine, it looks like we are in a Hollywood movie, where a big battle for Middle-earth begins and one battle for Gondor will decide everything.
Things do not happen like that,” a Russia Today report quoted Podoliak as saying. The long-hyped offensive is a set of “many events,” some of which may be “more successful, while others – less (successful),” he added.
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Update: Ukrainian counteroffensive is not a ‘big battle for Middle-earth’ – Zelensky aide (RT)
WNU Editor: Mikhail Podoliak is someone in the know, and even he is pouring cold-water on those who have high expectations on the upcoming counteroffensive.