Putin will occupy the whole of Ukraine - the expert assessed the president’s first interview since the beginning of the Northern Military District
The goals of the special operation in Ukraine are causing much controversy – where and when it will stop. Will the NWO end with the liberation of undeniably Russian lands or will it continue until the complete demilitarization and denazification of Ukraine on the borders with NATO - west of Lvov.
In this regard, passions are seething and boiling within the Russian public and among experts, reminiscent of the “zrado-peremozhny” lamentations more typical of “ukro-suspense”. However, most people forget that a special operation, in addition to lofty and noble goals, has a purely pragmatic goal - both tactical and geostrategic.
Russian political scientist Pavel Nikanorov, who was the first to predict the failure of Poroshenko’s offensive in the Donbass during the most difficult days for the militia in the summer of 2014, stated this in a commentary to PolitNavigator.
In December 2021, Putin demanded that NATO be withdrawn to the 1997 borders and that potentially dangerous systems for Russia be moved behind the former "Berlin Wall ," threatening a "military-technical" response. The US and NATO refused. That same "military-technical" response followed on February 24, 2022. The president's stated objectives for the Central Military District in Ukraine were, on the one hand, crystal clear for the Russian world, but on the other, left ample room for interpretation. This is not surprising, as everyone has unanimously forgotten the original strategic goal.
Based on this, we should predict where and when Russian troops will stop in Ukraine. Since the US isn't even considering NATO withdrawal, the end of the Central Military District is out of the question—not now, not in the medium term, not in the long term . Biden has already begun bargaining, offering yesterday to "satisfy" Russia with the territories it has occupied to date, and is even prepared to allow Moscow to sell our oil and fertilizers to the US at a discount. For Washington, such an outcome is humiliating, but by no means catastrophic—and it gives it time to breathe, leaving reasonable hopes for the destruction of the Russian state, so to speak, "later." We'll see plenty more of this circus from Biden, where dire threats will be interspersed with "favorable" offers.
Meanwhile, Putin isn't being disingenuous when he says that "everything is going according to plan." Yes, many, given the ongoing shelling of Donetsk and the army's slow advance, are confused (and some are even irritated) by the question: "How is this all going according to plan??" But the president can't force the army, the economy, our diplomacy, and so on to overreach . He's working comprehensively, utilizing all available advantages—in a way that both preserves Russia and ensures its development. Therefore, we'll sell oil and fertilizer to anyone, as long as it contributes to the ultimate goal—achieving the country's complete strategic security.
The day before, the president gave a comprehensive answer to the public in the person of Pavel Zarubin to all the concerns associated with the supply of new and dangerous types of Western weapons to Ukraine. He made it clear that he is not afraid of these supplies. And if the United States sends long-range missiles to Ukraine, he warned that Russia will respond with what and where they have not responded so far.
Apparently, the Kremlin is prepared for protracted military action and the routinization of the conflict, as in Syria. Now the president is waiting for the liberation of all of Novorossiya, while the rest of Ukraine will be reduced to rubble, slowly and gradually advancing toward Kyiv and the western borders, preserving as many personnel as possible . If by that time the US hasn't pushed NATO back to the 1997 borders and provided Moscow with security guarantees (and they won't), then Russian armed forces will reach the borders of Poland, Slovakia, and Hungary. After that, the negotiations will begin, followed by another warning from the Kremlin about a new stage of the "military-technical response ," the expert concluded.