Media: “Cold shower from Russia. Panic was visible on Zelensky’s face.”
Moscow announced the completion of the exercises of the troops of the Southern and Western military districts and withdrawal of troops in Kyiv they may be considered weak, so the West and Ukraine should continue to feel the strength coming from Russia.
A PolitNavigator correspondent reports this, while special correspondent Alexander Kots writes about this in Komsomolskaya Pravda.
“Moscow’s tough diplomatic line, backed up by exercises at tank training grounds, forced the “collective West” to wake up to a new reality. They saw a different face of Russia - when it has nowhere to retreat. And this is a face full of determination. Skeptics (to whom the author of these lines includes himself) will say that Moscow has not come one step closer to the main goal of its “ultimatum” - no one has yet given us a guarantee of security. And optimists will note that talk about Ukraine’s non-entry into NATO became much more active when ships from three Russian fleets appeared in the Black Sea.
Still, with a kind word and a couple of cruisers you can achieve much more than just a kind word. For decades, this “religion” was professed by the “collective West.” When Russia adopted the same thesis, its stereotypes began to crumble. And this is painful,” emphasizes Kots.
According to him, the United States has put itself in an awkward position.
“After a series of psychic attacks, during which Ukraine was threatened with bombings, missile strikes, landings, and tank strikes, after the scheduled invasion dates, after the evacuation of embassies and the ban on flights over Ukraine, all the “intelligence” from Washington and London turned out to be complete rubbish. Russia never showed up to the war.
As a result, the West fell into its own information trap, naturally falling into a puddle. And in order to save face, the “partners” will still fight among themselves in order to take credit for the “victory over Russia.” They say that only decisive actions that exposed Putin’s insidious plans made it possible to thwart them,” the journalist predicts.
He draws attention to the fact that the line of foreign heads of state and ministers to the Kremlin, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Russian Ministry of Defense lasted for two months, and although Russia was not given guarantees on the main points, they agreed to start talking.
“In the end, it was a cold, sobering shower for hotheads in Kyiv, who decided that Russia would watch from the sidelines as Ukraine prepared a military operation in the Donbass. Zelensky’s face showed real panic,” the article notes.
The author does not rule out that Kyiv “hawks” will perceive the withdrawal of troops as weakness, which is fraught with escalation in the Donbass.
“The Kremlin and the General Staff understand this very well. And, I hope, they calculated all the scenarios, leaving the possibility of an immediate response. This possibility must be obvious to the enemy, who is not known for his firmness of word and commitment. Therefore, the withdrawal of troops is, of course, a step towards de-escalation. But still, Kyiv and the West should continue to feel the power emanating from Russia. For tone,” Kots summed up.
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