Published on 20/11/2024 19:26
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War in Ukraine: “Everything will happen between November 20 and January 20,” explains Peer de Jong, former colonel and vice-president of the Themiis Institute
War in Ukraine: “Everything will happen between November 20 and January 20,” explains Peer de Jong, former colonel and vice-president of the Themiis Institute
(franceinfo)
After the reported sending of long-range missiles by kyiv on Russian soil, should we fear an outbreak of war in Ukraine? The former naval colonel and former aide-de-camp to presidents François Mitterrand and Jacques Chirac, Peer de Jong, gives his insight on the conflict on franceinfo, this Wednesday, November 20.
The war in Ukraine appears to have entered a new turning point. Peer de Jong, ex-marine colonel and vice-president of the Themiis Institute, analyzes the balance of power between kyiv and Moscow in his work on Russian power, Poutine, Lord of War. “The big change is the election of Trump”he emphasizes on franceinfo this Wednesday, November 20, because “between November 20 and January 20, everything will happen”.
Peer de Jong already sees “an uninterrupted series of proposals, counter-proposals” around a diplomatic outcome for sixty days, where “everyone will play their card” to emerge a winner from the conflict.
“Putin is the new Tsar who has set up a system in which he has very concretely delegated what we call the sovereign power, to kill, to private military companies”also explains the vice-president of the Themiis Institute. Which means that today “the army is not the only structure that can wage war in Russia”. An advantage that allowed Putin “to avoid carrying out a general mobilization and recruiting Russian mercenaries that we see on the battlefields”points out the former colonel again.
Watch the full interview in the video above.
