The pundit said Russia should not get involved in a conflict that could be “another Afghanistan,” referring to the disastrous war between the Soviet Union and Mujahideen fighters that ended in the late 1980s.

He added: “Let Ukrainians do this denazification on their own. We can’t do it for them.

He later added: “Do we need to get into another Afghanistan, but even worse? There are more people and they’re more advanced in their handling of weapons.

“We don’t need that. Enough already. The army has already completed its task. Let diplomats or some other structures solve these problems. The army can’t be the decision-making organ for all these things.”