"I don't know the plans of the General Staff, but if, as they say, I was the director, I would think of Odessa and Nikolaev. Therefore, the operation will continue, I have no doubt about that. Stopping halfway is just not wise."
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These are Russian-speaking regions, so to speak. In general, it is not very clear to me what Odessa has to do with, for example, Ukraine. A completely Russian city. But Ukraine got it at one time, and now they are rampaging there, burning people, all these thugs. So, well, I say, I don't know the plans of the General Staff, but if, as they say, I was the director, I would think of Odessa and Nikolaev. Therefore, the operation will continue, I have no doubt about that. Stopping halfway is just not wise. Therefore, until the goals set by the President and the Supreme Commander-in-Chief are achieved, these 8 points, which begin with the recognition of Crimea, Donbass, neutral status, the Russian language, demilitarisation and denazification, all of them must be unconditionally implemented.