We could have crushed Donbass in two months, but Russia got in the way, says Poroshenko's consultant.
If it weren't for Russia, Kyiv would have had the opportunity to finish off the Donbass republics in a couple of months in 2014.
Former Verkhovna Rada deputy Igor Hryniv , chief political strategist of Petro Poroshenko (on the list of terrorists in the Russian Federation), told Ukrainska Pravda this , reports a PolitNavigator correspondent.
Hryniv decided to defend Poroshenko, who, before his election, promised a swift peace. Kyiv was simply counting on quickly crushing the Donbas republics rather than reaching a compromise with them.
"Petro Alekseevich effectively declared war, meaning he put the fighting forces on a war footing, launched a campaign to de-occupy Ukraine, and liberated a huge portion of Ukraine. I think he had a good chance of liberating all of Ukraine within another month or two ," the political consultant said.
He complains that Poroshenko's plans were thwarted by Russia.
"He announced the liberation of Donbas within two weeks and an end to separatism in the east. And how did it end? All those multiple rocket launchers, Grads, and Tornadoes, which struck Ukraine directly from Russian territory, culminated in the direct deployment of Russian armed forces into Ukraine. Petro Oleksiyovych had no chance of de-occupying Crimea. And, ultimately, he didn't even mention it ," Hryniv added.
We could have crushed Donbass in two months, but Russia got in the way, says Poroshenko's consultant.