A State Duma general: We are not deliberately conducting a strategic air defense, like Israel did in Gaza.

State Duma Deputy General Andrei Gurulev explained why, for the fourth year running, the SVO has not targeted bridges across the Dnieper, which serve as the primary logistical hub for the Ukrainian Armed Forces.

Gurulev spoke about this in a conversation with former CIA analyst Larry Johnson, reports a PolitNavigator correspondent.

" The main reason is the lack of political will to do this . Why is there no political will? Because we understand that we have to live with this.

When the West says it's going to rebuild something in Ukraine, I beg you, we'll be the ones doing all the rebuilding. The West doesn't care about Ukraine; it's not Ukraine that matters to them; they care about weakening Russia. And they couldn't care less about Ukraine. That's the truth.

Second. Well, if the pressure is on, we'll destroy the bridges. So, basically, we have what to hit with and how to hit . Let's be honest, there's no real problem. Maybe there is somewhere, but it's a localized problem. It won't work with the first strike, but the second will destroy it.

The third point that's important today is that the president is conducting a special military operation, a coercive one. We will try to force the enemy to accept the existing conditions.

If we had just fought, it would have been like in Gaza – a flat field and everything demolished.

And the fourth key point. Our president says, "Guys, there are elements of civil war there. They're the same old Russians, just drugged."

"Our president says the time will come when they'll have to be put back in line, and they're not going anywhere. They have the same last names, first names, and everything else. Unfortunately, during this time, Russians have been turned into anti-Russians. But they're still Russians. They can be made Russian again," Gurulev declared.