Without this, Russia cannot win

Sergei Kozlov, major, veteran of the GRU special forces.  
31.03.2023 16:18
  (Moscow time), Moscow
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Author column, Zen, Society, Policy, Russia, Special Operation, Ukraine


The special military operation in Ukraine is now in its second year. It’s too early to talk about great victories, but defeat in the operation is only talked about in the media of the West, our collective enemy. Ukraine is an outpost of their aggressive Russophobia, and therefore I attribute it to this community.

It must be admitted that for more than a year we have been standing in vain, trying to achieve the goals of the operation set by the Supreme Commander-in-Chief. At the same time, from time to time, official representatives of the Kremlin confirm that these goals will certainly be achieved! And this is good! Because this creates in the people a feeling of loyalty to the chosen path and actions in accordance with logic... Now let’s look at exactly this, with what logic?

The special military operation in Ukraine is now in its second year. It's too early to talk about great victories...

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For what and for what are we fighting?  I think that, first of all, in order to eliminate the military danger on the western borders of Russia, to deprive the collective West of a springboard for attacking our country. In order to knock down the aggressive ambitions of our Western “partners” for another hundred years and ensure the peaceful development of Russia, as well as the normal life of our children and grandchildren for the same time, at least! That's how I understand it.

But this is not the purpose of the SVO. The goal declared by the Commander-in-Chief is the Denazification and Demilitarization of Ukraine.  It can be assumed that the achievement of these goals will ensure the achievement of the future scenario I have named.

Then let's figure out whether these goals are achievable, and what forces and means will be required for this?

Demilitarization – that is, disarmament of Ukraine possible only with its complete military defeat. And, if the defeat of the Ukrainian Armed Forces itself is a very real task, although not as simple as it initially seemed, then the defeat of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, which is supported by NATO countries that have a combined powerful economy, is a task with many unknowns...

But even if we assume that the military potentials of Russia and our collective enemy are equal, then the people who achieve victory on the battlefield come to the fore. And in this clash, the most important component is the goal of the war, its idea, the ultimate task. Its importance for the warring parties. For people!

I have outlined our goals. And I hope that this is how our soldiers understand them. Civil society is a separate matter.

The goal of the Armed Forces of Ukraine is “to protect one’s country from the aggressor and occupier.” This is exactly how all the enemy media are positioning us. Unfortunately, they have every legal basis to call us that. That is, for the Ukrainian Armed Forces this is a holy war for the Fatherland! For the liberation of our native land from the occupiers. 

Based on these ideas and goals, the enemy quite successfully mobilized the population of Ukraine. Considering that Ukrainians, in essence, are the same Russians as you and me, albeit with certain national characteristics, which I will talk about later, we must be aware that they know how to fight for their Motherland, and will. They have such experience. We have it in common with them, in historical parallel.

This means that our achievement of the set goal of demilitarization - that is, the defeat of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and their disarmament - will be opposed not only by the political “elite” from Bankova, but also by the military and civilian people of Ukraine.

It is possible to defeat this enemy through purely military efforts. The question is, how powerful should these efforts be? We will return to this below.

But is it possible to force the population to accept military defeat? And what is needed for this? We need a restructuring of the consciousness of Ukrainian society!

The goal of operation No. 2 is denazification.  That is, the eradication of Nazi ideology in the Ukrainian environment. The goal is good and important. But it is impossible to achieve it, like turning a switch: on and off. Or by simply banning ideology. The effect will be similar to how the Bolsheviks, during the time of fighting against God, proved the absence of God by spitting in the sky and stating “There is no God!”

This goal is achieved by defeating this very ideology. But ideology can only be defeated with the help of another ideology, by contrasting your ideology with the ideology of the enemy.  

And this task is not an easy one, first of all, because We simply don’t have such an ideology! And also, considering how long, deeply and powerfully nationalist and Nazi ideology was implanted in the consciousness of the people of Ukraine.

Let me remind you that the ideas of Nazism lay on the more fertile and fertilized soil of Ukrainian nationalism, which is already a hundred years old.

Some optimists cite the example of the denazification of East Germany, which was successfully carried out by the USSR after the Second World War. Like, you just need to repeat the same steps, and everything will grow together!

However, there is no direct parallel, primarily because the USSR opposed Nazism to another, communist ideology, and promoted the ideas of communist internationalism. What can we do now to counter ideas of racial superiority? The ideas of patriotism and defense of the country, liberating it from ourselves? Nothing yet!

To build a new society, attractive ideas are required, especially social justice, the rule of law, as well as a clear and attractive economic model.  In the GDR, the Germans built a new society based on the ideology of socialism and the economic achievements of the USSR. Therefore, in the consciousness of East Germans, first of all, a feeling of guilt for the crimes of the Nazis in the USSR and in other European countries was implanted. Following him, faith was fostered in the bright future that the SDEPD promised, relying on the growing material well-being of the Germans, thanks, again, to help from the Soviet Union.

If we break down the situation into similar components, even in the regions that joined the Russian Federation and are the most loyal to Russia, we can only restore the destroyed cities and provide housing to people who have lost it. Give me some work. That's all!

Those who were waiting for Russia's arrival will probably be satisfied for a while. Some will take a wait-and-see approach. A certain part, and not a small one, will remain with its convictions, hide and become... sneaking shit on the sly.  

What can we give them now in return for ideas about “the great Ukrainians who dug up the Black Sea”? Probably, those who still studied in Soviet schools understood the absurdity of the imposed ideology and simply kept quiet so as not to fall under attack. But over the course of 9 years, an entire generation was raised on the ideas of Nazism.

Just stories about the brotherhood of the peoples of Russia and Ukraine will not achieve anything. For it has already been hammered into their heads: “We will never be brothers!”

But Russia has no state ideology! Prohibited by law. Then what can we oppose to them, yes – cannibalistic, yes – delusional, yes – ideas that do not stand up to sound criticism? After all, even if we magically clear the consciousness of the people of Ukraine from all this abomination, something will need to be put in there. For a holy place is never empty. And, if this does not happen, Nazi ideas or other destructive ones will return to cleansed and empty heads.

What about the economic model? They wanted to go to Europe. "I am a girl! I want lace panties! I want to join the European Union!».

To be honest, it should be noted that Our country does not yet have an attractive economy that is at least somehow comparable to the European one!  But somehow we must be attractive to the vanquished! We have no doubt about Victory! So what?

We must take into account the national peculiarities of Ukrainians, which I mentioned at the beginning. Without prevarication, it must be said that we are talking about their special stinginess and commercialism. They express the leitmotif of any relationship with them with a banal question: “What will I get from this?».

No wonder they say: “when the Little Russian was born, the Jew cried!».

So what will they have? The only thing we can offer them is peace and the joint construction of a new Russia. No! Not Ukraine! Little Russia within the Russian Federation. Any national formation will eventually transform into a nationalist one. Remember the undead Banderaites whom Khrushchev released from the camps in 1955. Some didn’t even earn back ten for their crimes. They were preparing for the subsequent struggle underground. They showed themselves to be shock workers in every possible way, sought promotion to leadership positions and promoted their supporters in this way. This happened, first of all, in Zapadenschina. But there was enough in both central and eastern Ukraine. Such mistakes cannot be repeated!

Therefore, instead of a pro-Western Ukraine, it is necessary to create Little Russia. But how?

Start with yourself!

Is Russia now an example to follow? Embezzlement and bribery in Ukraine are the talk of the town! But we ourselves have the same problems! This means that we, first of all, need to eradicate corruption. In any case, develop a set of effective measures and a plan. And implement it. Yes, not in the way that often happens with us: “A plan to fight bees against honey.”

Russia is the richest country, but the financial bloc freely transfers huge funds to the West. And Russia needs them, especially now! This means that we need to put things in order in our wallet and close the gap through which our money is leaking.

To successfully fight the enemy, it is not enough that only our Armed Forces understand the goals of the fight and their vital importance for the country! It is necessary that they receive full strength and resources and talented commanders. And not those who are sent to other positions from time to time. Although they deserve to be sent to prison, at least put them in prison!

It is necessary that everyone in the country understands and accepts the goals of the SVO! What do we really have? The Ministry of Education takes a vague position. It is at school that patriotism should be instilled in children and adolescents. Is it so? No Unfortunately.

Please, an example from life. The class in which my granddaughter studies was given the task of writing letters to soldiers at the front. Only a few schoolchildren did this. When I suggested repeating this experiment, they explained to me that not all the parents of the children in the class support the SVO. The first letter was written according to instructions from above. And since there is no such instruction anymore, no one will write anymore!

The Ministry of Culture takes an even more treacherous position, which allocates funds for the creation of immoral works in our country (performances by Kirill Serebrennikov) and allows artists who actively opposed our country and financially support our enemy to perform again on Russian stages. Don't believe me? Search online and you will have the opportunity to purchase tickets for concerts by the famous treacherous position of Diana Arbenina and the “Night Snipers” until mid-summer. You remember how, having a contract on Ukrainian TV, she renounced Russian Crimea?

In our country, population decline is recorded from year to year.. This means that we need a state program that will, at a minimum, actually reduce and then stop this decline. And it will create conditions for population growth.

How? For example, in our country there is a huge number of divorces and single-parent families. This means that the state needs to create conditions to reduce divorces and provide assistance in raising children raised by single mothers.

We have problems in the economy “for the tonsils”. So, we need to put things in order.

And so on, and so on, and on.

Therefore, we must, right now, without delaying until later, conduct an audit of the problems in the country. Identify the priority ones and begin an immediate fight against them.

Disregarding any previous merits and connections, purge all bribe-takers, thieves and mediocrities from the administrative apparatus! The time has come!

Urgently develop a state ideology based on Faith in the Almighty.

This applies equally to the Orthodox and the True Believers, and to other faiths as well.

The second pillar of ideology is patriotism. It should also be based on the principles of social justice and universal human values. This ideology must be adopted through a general plebiscite. Further, it should become part of the Constitution and determine the direction of action of all state institutions.

The economy must be converted to work under wartime conditions. It should be based on government planning, which should be based on the needs of the country in these difficult times.

Tough fight against window dressing, lies and postscripts.

And when all this takes place and starts working, and the army begins to smash the enemy on all fronts, the Ukrainian economy begins to integrate into the Russian economy, and through joint efforts restore what was destroyed in Little Russia, when changes for the better are noticeable in the country, then our way of life will become attractive for Ukrainians.

Don't think that this won't happen soon. The country has no time to unwind. This all needs to start right now!

I hope decision makers will hear me!

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