Russia is already in a state of strategic defeat, and its attempts to intimidate the world with so-called ‘wonder weapons’ and fabricated pretexts for escalation are merely a cover for a profound military, economic, and demographic crisis that will ultimately lead to its disintegration. According to Ukrinform’s correspondent in New York, Ukraine’s Permanent Representative to the UN, Andrii Melnyk, stated this on Monday during an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council.