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Putin may attempt to impose a ‘Korean’ scenario on Ukraine: Intelligence chief

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Russia will attempt to impose a “Korean” scenario on Ukraine, combining all occupied territories into a single quasi-state entity, according to Kyrylo Budanov, Head of Ukraine’s Ministry of Defense’s Chief Intelligence Directorate.

“After their failures near Kiev and inability to overthrow Ukraine’s central government, Putin is already shifting his main operational directions – now it is the south and the east. He may be considering a ‘Korean’ scenario for Ukraine,” Budanov said, Ukrayinska Pravda reported.

He went on to say that Putin will try to draw a line between our country’s unoccupied and occupied regions. In fact, this is an attempt to divide Ukraine into North and South Korea. After all, he is not capable of’swallowing up’ the entire state, he added.

“The occupiers will try to unite the occupied territories into a single quasi-state entity that will oppose independent Ukraine. We are already seeing attempts to create ‘parallel’ authorities in the occupied territories and force people to reject the hryvnia (Ukrainian currency). They may want to use this scenario to bargain with at the international level,” Budanov added.

Budanov believes that the issue of establishing a land corridor to Crimea is still relevant to Russia’s fascist regime. The main issue complicating the plan’s implementation is the unbreakable Mariupol, which is attempting to stop the Russian occupying forces.

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