460 days have passed since the beginning of the Russian invasion of the territory of Ukraine and the army of Vladimir Putin is not as successful as he hoped explains Mtro. Gerardo Rodriguez Sanchez Lara, Director of the Department of International Relations and Political Science, University of Las Americas in Puebla.

In recent weeks, tensions have sprung up between the two countries after several drone strikes in Moscow. Russia directly accused Ukraine of a “terror attack” and assured that eight unmanned aerial vehicles launched against the Russian capital were destroyed by air defense systems.

However, Ukraine denies any involvement in the attacks and condemns the recent bombing of its capital, in which four people were injured, one person died and 20 citizens were evacuated.

Sánchez Lara argues that given Ukraine’s refusal to claim responsibility for the Moscow attacks, there is a third possibility as to who might be behind the attacks: Russian groups sympathetic to Ukraine Or against the war.

“While the attacks in Moscow may be part of a Russian strategy to justify the recent attacks on Ukraine, there is another option: Russian groups that oppose the war and carry out these attacks against their own government,” he explains. Aristegui Live.

However, he argues that it will be very difficult to establish who is really responsible.

Similarly, Sanchez Lara explains that as time goes on, the panorama of both countries becomes more complex. Ukraine, for its part, has received “impressive” military and economic support from the West. this helped them resist the Russian advance.

“Russia is located in the east of Ukraine, and it is estimated that there may be about 200,000 Russian soldiers killed in the war and the Ukrainian side expects only 100,000,” he says.

The death toll indicates that this was not an easy battle for Russia, he explains.

According to Sanchez Lara, the war is in a difficult phase, with Ukraine demanding that its allies provide it with more air weapons. push back Russian troops. However, countries such as the UK opposed the supply of aircraft to Ukraine.

Despite the fact that Kyiv now has an “excellent” anti-missile system, Russia’s use of Iranian drones has put defense in check.

“We see a worn-out Putin with old weapons,” Sanchez Lara says. Russian tanks are an indicator of how outdated the Moscow army is. So the use of Leopard tanks from Germany could make a difference for Zelensky and his country, he explains.

The Leopard tanks are five times more powerful than the current Russian tanks, so it is hoped that their use will be able to reverse the Russian offensive and that Ukraine managed to expel the armed forces from Moscow from your country.