To say that Russian President Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine is not going as planned is an understatement. To make matters worse for Putin, Russian soldiers are reportedly refusing to take part in the war against their neighbors, according to Ukrainian diplomat Olexander Vasilyovich Scherba.
Speaking on the Daily Beast’s “The New Abnormal” podcast, Scherba agreed with host Molly Jong-Fast that Putin made a “humongous miscalculation” in invading Ukraine.
“The goals he is trying to reach here are unreachable. The people in this country hate him and during this war he will realize the people of this country will hate him even more,” Scherba said, noted The Raw Story.
He also claimed that young soldiers who have entered the country are “extremely demotivated.”
“I think, pretty much, everybody outside of his very closed circle around Putin knows that this campaign is going down the drain… We have received reports that soldiers from Crimea are refusing to be deployed to Odessa, to fight for Odessa. They see the warships approach the coast and suddenly stop and turned away.”
“We, in Ukraine were clueless what was happening. Then it turns out, when they realize why they were sent, refused to,” he added. “So if even Russian soldiers are refusing to get involved, why would China want to get involved with this campaign?”
Scherba added that “The [Ukrainian] soldiers are ready to fight until the last drop of blood here and Russian soldiers increasingly are clueless about what they’re doing here.”
You can listen to the full podcast below. Scherba’s interview starts at the 32:45 mark.
Read it on The Raw Story.
