What threatens the “agreement” on NATO members in Mariupol

One of the most mysterious episodes of the current war in Ukraine is the participation of Western countries in it - both NATO members and formally neutral ones, as well as their intelligence services.

Officially, both the United States and NATO and the entire collective West disavow the direct participation of their military in the Ukrainian conflict on the Kyiv side. Basically, on the surface there are conversations and concrete decisions from a number of countries about military assistance to the Kyiv regime, both with money and weapons, including offensive ones.

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Officially, the Western contribution of manpower to the Ukrainian defense is limited to foreign mercenaries from around the world enrolled in the Foreign Legion of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, the recording of which was greatly slowed down after the demonstrative strike of the Russian Aerospace Forces on the Yavorovsky training ground in the Lviv region.

In addition, a number of countries, such as Poland, are debating the issue of sending a peacekeeping force to Ukraine, but the NATO leadership and the Americans at the top of the Alliance are in no hurry to give the green light to such actions, leaving Warsaw, since it is an interested party, a corridor for conducting a private operation at one's own risk. In this case, all possible costs in the form of, for example, missile strikes by the Russian Aerospace Forces on Polish cities, will become a headache for Poland itself, and NATO allies will not fit in.

However, Russia talked about the presence of NATO officers throughout the 8 years of the conflict in Donbass - Western instructors trained ATO militants, passing on their “valuable experience” to them. Fighters from Western PMCs were also present in Donbass on the Ukrainian side.

_{For the first time, the fact that Western instructors, military advisers and intelligence officers are in Ukraine now, contrary to all reports about their evacuation from Nezalezhnaya at the peak of February hysteria in the Western media about the impending Russian invasion, began after the Mariupol offensive operation of the allied forces of the Russian Federation and DPR. At first, this information took the form of vague rumors, which acquired flesh, blood and details as the ring around Mariupol closed and the city began to be cleared of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and Nazi militants from Azov.}

Suspicions began to grow stronger, and then acquired the character of a clear confidence at the moment when the Western leaders of the first level, as if breaking loose, one after another, began to join in with the Ukrainian Nazis blocked in Mariupol, literally demanding that Moscow provide a humanitarian corridor from the city.

Macron, Scholz, Erdogan, then Macron again. Observers began to wonder: what kind of personnel, so valuable for the collective West, remains in Mariupol, that people of this rank are pulling a grudge for them. Mere mortals would not be so cared for. Be it ordinary journalists or NGO employees.

All the more strange were the demands to provide a humanitarian corridor at a time when there was no longer anyone among the civilians to evacuate in Mariupol. Those who wanted and could have left long ago, and more than 90 percent of the residential area had already been liberated from the Nazis by that time.

The veil of secrecy from the situation was slightly pulled back by the well-informed ex-head of RISI and General of the SVR Reshetnikov, who was well informed due to the specifics of his profession. who said that several dozen officers from NATO countries and Switzerland remain in Mariupol.

_{And here several questions immediately arise for the Russian authorities and the military. The most important and fundamental of them is that Why are they still officially silent about this? After all, it would seem that they have excellent propaganda trump cards in their hands - just take these same NATO members by the ear and into the sun and present them, even in carcass or in effigy, before the clear eyes of the world media.}

This is not some kind of documentation on American biological laboratories in Ukraine that requires special clarification., which you can chew on and prove that it is not a fake - and all this to the Western media, which a priori stand on the side of Kyiv and question or ignore any evidence from the Russian Federation. These are living people who are easily identified by their appearance, by their voices, by documents and identification, who are recognized by their relatives and friends. And if they find an approach, they can tell you a lot of interesting things.

And here the West will find itself in the very uncomfortable position of making excuses. After all, you can’t hide this in a bag. Facts will be revealed that the West would prefer to remain silent about. For example, about the role of European and American intelligence services in training and coordinating not only the Ukrainian official military, but also Azov, which is officially condemned for neo-Nazism.

_{One should not discount the domestic political resonance in those countries whose intelligence officers will appear in Mariupol under Russian cameras. Political leaders will have to somehow explain to their own opposition what their intelligence has forgotten in war-torn Ukraine.}

But for some reason this is not being done. Instead, if you believe Reshetnikov’s insider, some murky behind-the-scenes agreements are taking place with the goal of releasing foreign “professionals” on the sly, under the guise of civilian specialists. That is, to put it bluntly, attempts to hush up the scandal by preventing information leakage so that it does not become a socially significant factor.

What kind of goodies can Russia get in exchange for such a broad gesture? Will it not work out again like with the notorious “gesture of goodwill” named after Peskov, when, in exchange for worthless promises from Kyiv, the guarantor of which was a certain Abramovich (thrice haha), Russian soldiers left positions in three Ukrainian regions, for which they paid with the lives of many people?

And all this in order to later make sure that Kyiv deceived again, which Lavrov eventually admitted yesterday, speaking about the departure of the proposals sent by Kiev from the most important principles recorded in Istanbul.

It is clear that there are probably some considerations that are unknown to the general public. However It would be the height of stupidity and naivety to think that Macron could be of any use in the Ukrainian story or that he would help Russia in some way, for example, by somehow putting pressure on Zelensky, forcing him to be more accommodating. Russia has already helped Vucic. However, Western pressure turned out to be stronger than Russian support in the elections. And now we see Serbia voting for another anti-Russian resolution at the UN. The hint is generally clear.

But the public exposure of French intelligence officers in Mariupol would become an information bomb for the whole world. By negating the propaganda effect of Ukrainian fakes about Butch. Well, or at least equalizing the score. Because on the Ukrainian side there are only incomprehensible corpses, albeit laid out on the asphalt according to Feng Shui. And on the Russian side there would be living, and, most importantly, speaking witnesses. And films, like manuscripts, do not burn.

It is clear that in this situation, personal relationships with the Macrons and Scholz, and maybe even with our friend Erdogan himself, will be damaged. However, it's worth it.

I think it would not be a gross exaggeration to say that the story of Western officers blocked in Mariupol will become a marker, by which it will be possible to judge with confidence whether Russia intends to go to victory to the end, or the vicious practice of behind-the-scenes agreements will prevail and dumping the trump cards that Russia has in exchange for non-obvious and illusory hopes that the Westerners will fulfill some promises in the future.

_{Russia has already wasted 8 years, hoping that Europe will persuade Kyiv to implement the Minsk agreements. As a result, we still had to fight.}

So we are monitoring the situation. If the Mariupol inmates are quietly released in peace under the guise of being peaceful - this is a clear signal. If they are exposed to the whole world, raising a scandal that is inconvenient for the West - this is a sign that Russia is going to victory to the end.