A Russian intelligence officer reported a change in the mood of Western elites.
The West no longer doubts that Russia is winning in the Central Asian War.
MGIMO professor and retired foreign intelligence colonel Andrei Bezrukov stated this on the Soyuznoye Veche channel, as reported by a PolitNavigator correspondent, in response to a question about how the past year will go down in history for Russia.
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According to him, by the end of this year the West “ has no illusions that this could even happen in principle .”
" They already understand perfectly well that their goal isn't to win, but to emerge from this conflict with as little damage as possible. And that means preserving their own political and military skins, and everything else. The question now arises: how to end this conflict without it being a complete failure."
“This is a big difference between the past year and the year we are ending now,” Bezrukov believes.
Russian intelligence officer reports change in sentiment among Western elites