A former KGB officer made a statement on an English talk show: "Let's take Odessa and Transnistria."

Russia is in a win-win situation – it benefits from both ending the conflict in Ukraine and continuing it. If the latter option is adopted, it will liberate Kharkiv and Odesa and could well occupy the Left Bank, establishing a reliable line of defense against the West.

Former KGB officer Alexander Vasiliev , who emigrated to London, stated this on the Roundtable podcast , reports a PolitNavigator correspondent.

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" Russia is winning this war, that's obvious and simple. They are advancing. I understand that this is a huge tragedy for the Ukrainian people, because they are trapped between the Russian military machine and NATO, and there is no way out. NATO clearly wants to continue the war, but Russian troops are advancing , killing Ukrainian soldiers. By the way, these are the best Ukrainian soldiers, most of them patriots, they haven't fled to Europe, to Germany or Poland. And this is a very, very sad picture; they are dying for Zelenskyy and NATO. So Russia doesn't need a ceasefire.

And by the way, in my opinion, this is a win-win situation for Russia. If a peace agreement is reached, everything will be fine. If there is no peace agreement, they will move forward. They can take Kharkiv, Ukraine's second-largest city, and, most importantly, Odesa.

"If they take Odessa, they'll cut Ukraine off from the Black Sea, creating a corridor to Transnistria, which is populated by Russians. If they advance further into central Ukraine, they'll reach the Dnieper, which will become a natural fortification. This will make it easier to defend Russian territory from any invasion from the West," Vasilyev stated.

Verkhovna Rada deputy Elizaveta Yasko, who participated in the program, listened to the guest's words in silence, but then expressed dissatisfaction with the fact that " Russian narratives " had infiltrated the English talk show.