NORKIN Andrey Vladimirovich: Alright, let’s break it all down now, we’ll get to the grain deal a bit later. For now, let’s talk about the attack on Sevastopol and our military response. Specifically, our response to Ukraine. Bohdan Anatolyevich, you’ve often expressed dissatisfaction that we’re not acting energetically enough, not responding forcefully enough. What’s your take on this morning’s events? Are we finally learning, moving in the right direction—or is it still not enough?

BEZPALKO Bohdan Anatolyevich: You mean the strikes on the infrastructure...?

NORKIN Andrey Vladimirovich: I mean the strikes on the hydroelectric power plants.

BEZPALKO Bohdan Anatolyevich: Well, when considering infrastructure strikes in general, they only make sense if they’re carried out on a large scale and over an extended period—two to three months. I think that this strike, which is officially a response to the drone attack on Sevastopol, can always be interpreted by us as a reaction to hostile actions. Since we are constantly being demonized, since they say we act barbarically, destroying things, and so on—we’re simply responding. But the military objective still remains clear.

NORKIN Andrey Vladimirovich: Since October 10, it seems like we’ve been going at this steadily. Something hits nearly every day. And the scale seems to have even increased.

BEZPALKO Bohdan Anatolyevich: Such strikes need to go on for several weeks—two to three months. Only then will logistics really be disrupted. Even Ukrainian experts admit that electric traction on the railways is already deteriorating. There were even reports that they had to switch to diesel locomotives... And diesel locomotives can’t carry much...