"...I say Lvov is a political decision. And if, let's say, the encirclement of the Ukrainian army in Donbass is a purely military decision, If, let's say, the fact that here now I heard, Izmail was shelled - this, again, is a purely military decision, that is, it speaks of some direction of effort always. Where is shot at, where is bombed, what military bases, fortifications are bombed, that means it's the next direction of effort. Izmail is of great importance in this case, because it is the border with Transnistria, it is the border with Moldova, it means that the road to Izmail goes through Odessa, it means that the Black Sea coast is cut off. There is probably a report that they bypassed Nikolayev and the column is going to Odessa. It means that practically all strategic points of importance are cut off. And even at the operational level are being taken over by the authorities or under... are liberated from the Ukrainian Banderite power and remain, come under the... the Russian army enters there. And the tactics that are chosen, again it's, as it was in Syria, it's very competent. The city starts to work, everyone is left in place. Police, you please serve. Municipality, you serve the municipality. Do everything the same. And, first and foremost, from a safety standpoint. And everything else works. It's not the army's job anymore. It's not the army that's going to do it. It's the local governments. These, others, like, what, nothing. But from a military point of view, if these directions, what they look like now, are what they are, then by the beginning of next week practically the existing so far formally nominally power in Ukraine will practically have no strategic military facilities and armed forces that they can use anything. That is practically the decision. Further it is a question, I say again, political. whether to enter Lvov or not to enter Lvov. This is relevant, but what to do with Galicia? And what to do with the Carpathian regions? They have their own problems there, they have complex problems, both national, traditional and interethnic...”