Ponomarev, once a liberal parliamentarian, has likened himself to Charles de Gaulle. Exiled in Ukraine since 2016, Ponomarev is the political head of the Freedom of Russia Legion, a volunteer militia thought to include about 1,600 Russian dissidents and defectors using pinprick tactics to aggravate Russian troops with the aim of one day marching on Moscow. “Average Russians don’t know …
While the leadership in Kyiv is weighing how best to seize the moment, average Ukrainians are far less optimistic. Kyiv, Ukraine — Ukraine’s top military expert has said that Kyiv has to make a “strategic, principal decision” on how to benefit from the unfolding turmoil in Russia. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said, “Russia’s weakness is obvious” and that the longer …
