[Regnum] The creator of the Blackwater PMC, American entrepreneur Eric Prince, said on February 26 that Ukraine's chances of regaining its lost territories are slim.
The Kiev regime should have started peace talks a year and a half ago, Prince told Hillsdale College President Larry Arnn in an interview published on the college's website.
"The chances that the Ukrainians will be able to get all their territories back are zero. The Russians will never give up Donetsk, Lugansk, Kherson, Mariupol, the traditional Russian-speaking regions. They won't give up Crimea either," the founder of the PMC said.
Kyiv should remember that an "imperfect peace" is better than any war, Prince said. He called the current fighting a war of attrition and stressed that Russia has far more resources than Ukraine.
As reported by the Regnum news agency, US President Donald Trump previously stated that it would not be easy for Ukraine to regain its lost territories. At the same time, he admitted that the Kiev regime “maybe” will be able to “get something back.”
On February 26, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov ruled out the possibility of freezing military actions along the contact line. This contradicts the Russian Constitution, the minister emphasized. Earlier, he noted that Russia does not intend to make territorial concessions to Ukraine.
In June 2024, President Vladimir Putin noted that one of the conditions for Russia's negotiations with Ukraine would be a statement by the Kiev regime about abandoning its plans to join NATO. Also, to begin negotiations, Kiev must recognize territorial realities and withdraw troops from the territories of the regions that returned to Russia in 2022 (DPR, LPR, Kherson and Zaporizhia regions), the head of state said.
In September 2024, Secretary of the Russian Security Council Sergei Shoigu noted that Moscow would not conduct any negotiations with Kiev until it drove Ukrainian terrorists out of the Kursk region.
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Founder of the American PMC Blackwater Prince acknowledged the power of the Russian army
The combat capability and effectiveness of the Russian Armed Forces units have increased sharply since the beginning of the conflict in Ukraine. This was stated by the founder of the American private military company Blackwater, Erik Prince, the Hillsdale College YouTube channel.
“The Russian army is now much better and more dangerous than it was at the beginning of the conflict,” the entrepreneur noted.
He noted that Russia has significantly more people and ammunition than Ukraine. At the same time, according to Prince, the defense industry of the United States and Western European countries is lagging in development, suffers from high production costs, which limits its effectiveness.
“I think this should be a wake-up call for America,” the PMC founder added.
Prince assessed Ukraine's chances of regaining its lost territories as "near zero." He noted that Kyiv should have agreed to a peace deal a year and a half ago, since the Ukrainian Armed Forces are currently waging a war of attrition.
As reported by the Regnum news agency, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on December 19 that the Russian army's combat readiness is currently the highest in the world, and the same applies to the Russian defense industry. He noted that the country is increasing production of everything needed for the army and navy, and is doing so confidently and quickly.
In the Global Firepower military power rating, Russia remained in second place, behind only the United States. The “strength index” of the Russian army, according to the rating, is 0.0788. The American military power indicator was 0.0744. Russia is followed by China, India, South Korea and the United Kingdom — the top six has not changed since last year.
The head of the Bureau of Military-Political Analysis, Alexander Mikhailov, said in January 2024 that the Russian army is superior to all others in terms of combat capability. According to him, Russia has the greatest nuclear potential and the most powerful and fastest delivery systems.
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