Mark Hertling said that the war has reached a fourth phase but Russia 'must not be allowed' to create a frozen conflict.
The former commanding general of the United States Army Europe has said that Russia will try to force a pause in fighting in Ukraine so its troops can regroup.thread on Thursday the conflict was now entering its fourth phase. The first phase involved Russia's initial intentions of executing a change of government in Kyiv and controlling ports on the Black and Azov Seas.
Hertling said that now Moscow is seeking to create a"frozen conflict" along the lines of the situations in, a Russian-dominated unrecognized republic in Moldova, and the similarly unrecognized breakaway Georgian republics of South Ossetia and Abkhazia. "Ukraine will still win this fight, regain their territory and sovereignty. But there's lots of fighting ahead," he said.
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