Hungary’s Viktor Orban is one of the few leaders inside the European Union speaking some sense about the situation in the Ukraine. He is warning that any Ukrainian “counteroffensive” would end very badly for them.
RT:
Everything must be done to avoid a Ukrainian counteroffensive against Russian forces as it would have devastating consequences for Kiev, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has said.
During an interview with Kossuth Radio on Friday, Orban stated that “even someone like myself with a year-and-a-half experience of military service knows perfectly well… that if I attack, I’ll lose three times more than the one who is on the defense.”
Ukraine likely has a population of “somewhere between 20 to 30 million” at the moment, which is “a fraction” of what Russia has, he said. Russia’s population is over 146 million, according to data from the Federal Statistics Service.
The launch of a major counteroffensive by Kiev in such conditions “would be a bloodbath,” the Hungarian leader warned.
“Even in the best-case scenario [for Kiev], no better result could be achieved… on the battlefield, than what could’ve been reached through negotiations even before the conflict,” he said.
If there were sensible people on the Ukrainian side, they would have called for a ceasefire and immediate negotiations without preconditions. They are not sensible people however.
There is no chance of the Ukrainian side winning this conflict.
