It appears as though Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, which includes Odessa, something that he considers one of the most important strategic objectives of Moscow’s ‘special military operation.’
“All Russian cities must be liberated,” he said in response to questions from an RIA News correspondent, according to Russian news site TopWar.ru.
“It is time to liberate the Russian cities founded by the Russian people again, such as Kyiv Chernigov, Poltava, Odessa, Dnepropetrovsk, Kharkov, Zaporozhye and Lutsk,” he added, according to The Limited Times.
Pushilin went on to say that allied troops consisting of Russian forces along with the People’s Militia of the DPR and LPR should move beyond the borders of those two enclaves after they have been completely taken over, meaning, he is pushing President Vladimir Putin to take over the entire country of Ukraine. He believes that if Putin halts the invasion at the borders of the two annexed ‘republics’ then Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy will take that as a victory of sorts and use it to restore the Ukrainian army’s combat capabilities.
In addition, Pushilin reasoned that any delay in taking all of Ukraine by Russia will also give Ukraine’s Western allies time to help rearm Kyiv’s fighting forces as well. That will no doubt include long-range artillery, rockets and other weapons that will be used to constantly shell the annexed republics.
“If the enemy receives serious weapons with a long range, then, of course, we will then have to make appropriate decisions,” he said.
The report added:
In fact, with his statement, the head of the DPR answered the question that has not yet been raised whether the militia of the People’s Militia of Donbass will participate in the further liberation of the territory of Ukraine together with the RF Armed Forces after they reach the administrative borders of the republics.
Literally, Pushilin’s words mean that the further offensive of the Russian army will be supported by the NM DPR. The head of the Donetsk Republic agrees with the opinion of State Duma deputy Adam Delimkhanov, who heads the Chechen special forces in a special operation in Ukraine, that the goals of the SVO will be achieved before the end of the year.
Source: Natural News – Massive escalation of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine being planned as Donetsk People’s Republic leader seeks “liberation” of “all Russian cities” in Ukraine