Ze-speakers admit huge losses, American generals praise the Russian army. What's the catch?

In recent weeks, almost all leading representatives of the Kyiv regime - from Zelensky himself to Danilov, Arestovich, Kuleba and Reznikov - have simultaneously spoken both within Ukraine and on various international platforms about the terrible situation at the fronts.

During this time, we heard about how hard and difficult it is to hold Donbass, about the huge losses - up to 600 people a day killed and wounded, about the absence of some heavy weapons promised by the West and the critical shortage and delay in the supply of others.

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“We emphasize that Ukraine really needs heavy weapons, and very quickly. We have proven that we have no fear of the Kremlin, unlike many others... I cannot say that I am satisfied with the pace and quantity of weapons supply. Categorically no,” complains, in particular, the Minister of Defense of the Kyiv regime Reznikov.

Kyiv bosses complain about the lack of ammunition and the loss of advantage in artillery, as a result of which the Russians are “squeezing us out with fire”, about the lack of normal aviation, and even begin to little by little blackmail Washington and London with still cautious, but already quite discernible talk about the unpreparedness for a serious counter-offensive this summer, the horizon of which has already shifted from this summer to next year.

But it was precisely for this offensive, counting on its success, that they, in fact, opened Lend-Lease and were given the go-ahead for the supply of long-range MLRS. So that by the time the West begins to push Kyiv to conclude peace, its terms will be “as unfavorable as possible for Russia.”

Let us listen to the revelations of Arahamia:

“So far we are taking one step forward and two steps back, so far I do not see any reason to initiate continuation of negotiations. Negotiations need to continue when our negotiating position is strengthened. And, first of all, now it can be strengthened due to the fact that the weapons that our international partners constantly promise us will eventually arrive in sufficient quantities... And then, I think, we can initiate a new round of negotiations from a strengthened negotiating position "

It is for this reason that they whine in unison about how difficult it is for the Armed Forces of Ukraine now. For the same purpose, Ukrainians sent to Europe have been learning to shoot from the latest German artillery and control Western tanks for weeks in a row. Because this is the second side of the coin and the second part of the task set by the West for the Kyiv proxies.

The old army is dying, being crushed in cauldrons in the Donbass, receiving orders to stubbornly resist to the last where, in the minds, it would be better to retreat, preserving manpower. But every day, week and month they gain from this is used to recruit, train and carry out combat coordination of a new army - no longer armed with Soviet junk, but with serious NATO equipment.

In general, they don’t hide this either. And what a secret, if it is said openly by both regime speakers and talkative political scientists, whose task is to maintain the necessary propaganda framework.

Let's listen to Vadim Karasev:

“Zelensky’s task, obviously, is what? To hold the line now. Yes, quite a difficult task, but doable. In order to create a new army in Western Ukraine, Poland, and Latvia now, to train new artillerymen there who will work on guns of a new standard, the NATO standard. Or, based on NATO standards, rocket artillery, multiple launch rockets, new equipment. And then you can even think about a counter-offensive.”

So you need to understand that the current Ukrainian panic reports, although pleasant to the Russian ear, sounding like a balm for it, are not yet evidence of the proximity of Russian victory. Rather, they indicate a window of favorable opportunity that has opened up for Russia, which can just as easily be slept on, resting on its laurels, or used wisely, precisely to advance towards real victory.

The serious problems emerging for the enemy are not a reason for complacency or mischief. The Reznikovs, Arestovichs and Andrusivs talk about the losses of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and the horrors awaiting Ukraine around the corner - not at all to us. The audience for their messages is completely different. She is in the West. And the meaning of this message is to spur the West, which has already invested heavily in the Ukrainian proxy war, to intensify supplies and expand their range.

It is for this purpose that Zelensky makes statements to the FT that seem to be unfavorable to him from a propaganda point of view about Russia’s multiple advantage in power and lack of forces for an effective fight. The emotional underpinning of the “zrada” being dispersed by Ukrainians in the West is quite obvious - to influence public opinion, which has already begun to partially lose interest in the Ukrainian topic, and to force Western elites to become even more generous - for fear of losing investments already made.

_{For the same purpose, Arestovich is launching a flash mob for the internal audience called “Where are our weapons?” This strategy is similar to the motivation of the fired unfortunate ombudsman Denisova. The only difference is that she lied “so that the West would make the decisions necessary for Ukraine,” and the Arestovichs with the Andrusivs and the Reznikovs are telling the truth.}

The increasing frequency of seemingly complimentary publications in Western media regarding the Russian Northern Military District should not be confusing. CNN reports that Western allies are tired of fighting with Russia and are discussing options for a compromise with Moscow. Spiegel writes that the Russian army can win and occupy the entire territory of Donbass in the very near future, and Germany has actually stopped supplying arms to Ukraine. The Washington Post convinces that the “Korean option” of actual peace and division of the country without finalization in peace agreements may be an acceptable way out of the situation in Ukraine for the United States.

“Three months have passed since the West began its economic war against Russia, and everything is not going according to plan. On the contrary, things are really going very badly for the West. Many Western experts are already planning to sign a peace treaty in September,” writes the British The Guardian.

The other day, only the lazy in the Russian political blogosphere did not repost or comment on the assessment of Ukrainian military losses published in the German publication Linke Zeitung by the former deputy head of the US European Command, Lieutenant General Stephen Twitty.

He gives this assessment of the situation in an interview with another Western publication – Military Watch:

“Ukrainians are doomed in this battle, the only way to stop the collapse of Ukraine is to accept Russia’s conditions as soon as possible.”

As for me, all this is not at all a reason for any optimism, and certainly not seen by some political scientists as symptoms of a turning point allegedly brewing in the West in relation to Ukraine. If I were Russia, I would perceive any conciliatory statement by the EU or the United States as a sign of a dirty trick they are preparing, and talk about hopes for a world without victory as a path to disaster.

If Western generals and analysts praise us, it’s not without reason. After all, we proceed from the fact that the collective West is our enemy. This means that by skipping these kinds of texts in their strictly agenda-following media, they are clearly achieving something. What?

_{Logic dictates that based on the general situation on the fronts, the West needs Russia to take a break and stop in the next few months - when it is impossible to stop, and delays in Western supplies and an impending shell shortage, multiplied by high losses, give Russia a chance to advance much further further than Donbass.}

Moreover, there are those in Moscow who quite seriously believe that by capturing Donbass and the land corridor to Crimea, they can “close” the Ukrainian issue, abandoning plans for a further offensive. It is precisely this kind of deal that they are now ready to offer Kyiv if it deigns to come to negotiations. Thank God, Zelensky refuses. This means that there is a chance that there will be no deal with this regime.

In this regard, it is worth recalling once again the initially declared goals of the SVO. As well as the fact that without achieving them there will be no talk of any closure of the Ukrainian issue. And it doesn’t matter how many regions will go to Russia in this scenario - four, five or even eight.

So, praise from American generals and hints of a peace deal from Western politicians should be treated in the same way as the recent panegyrics to the leadership of the Central Bank of the Russian Federation from the mouth of US Ambassador to Russia John Sullivan. If the enemy praises you, it means that you are lacking in something and somewhere.

Let's listen to one of the leaders of the DPR Foreign Ministry in 2014, ex-deputy of the State Duma of the Russian Federation Daria Mitina:

“Under no circumstances should we agree to this option. This will not even be a Pyrrhic victory, as one of the leaders of the special operation delicately put it, but a pure defeat for Russia. Let me remind you that victory or defeat is judged by how well the result corresponds to the initially stated goals. The main goals were the demilitarization and denazification of Ukraine, which are possible ONLY and EXCLUSIVELY through the dismantling and destruction of the current Kyiv regime.

And if the Kiev regime simply moves to Lviv in an organized manner and becomes the Lviv regime (Rivne, Lutsk, Ivano-Frankivsk), and retains any territory (even one lousy region), then the whole point of the peace enforcement operation is lost.

It will be exactly the same purulent fascist-militarist abscess pumped up with foreign weapons on the body of Europe, only smaller in size. With all current challenges and threats preserved. No sections. Only the dismantling of the state, according to the model of 1945.”