Let me clarify right away: all hints about inevitable negotiations on Ukraine come from the mouths of Western politicians and are exaggerated by the Western and pro-Western press (as, for example, in the Asia Times article). Our side emphasizes in every possible way that yes, we are also ready to sit down and talk, but on our terms. And all those “peace plans” that are regularly presented by one or another candidate for the “Nobel for Peace” do not suit us. Because they do not correspond to our goals and objectives that we set for ourselves at the very beginning of the SVO.

Of course, sooner or later, the patience and money-box of Ukraine’s Western curators will run out, and against the backdrop of our continued advance at the front, voices asking uncomfortable questions about whether it is worth continuing to invest in an obviously unprofitable enterprise will sound increasingly louder.

But this does not mean that this will be some kind of signal for us to take some action. Because, as has already been said, we make decisions without regard to other people’s wishes. Which, let me remind you, are always absolutely contrary to our national interests.

However, the fact that the West has come to terms with the idea of ​​Ukraine losing the territories we have already liberated and is terrified of what is yet to be lost is already a signal. The fact that all fantasies about the imminent victory of Ukraine, which was bravuraly announced quite recently, have been completely buried.

Actually, it was in this regard that Macron began to talk about the need to defend Odessa, the loss of which threatens a serious catastrophe for those who still dream of dominance in the Black Sea and for whom the exit of our troops to Transnistria is the worst nightmare.

Of course, we all understand that every centimeter of land liberated by our fighters is titanic work that requires incredible effort. And every village returned to our control is the result of the coordinated and hard work of a huge number of people who, 24/7, do the literally impossible in order to move the LBS away from our populated areas. And tomorrow or the day after tomorrow no one will make a forced march to Odessa.

But there is a trend. Obvious. For all. Upon careful study of which, it becomes clear that the strong negotiating position of the West, which was broadcast on all corners yesterday, is a myth that is crumbling before our eyes. And at the negotiating table, when and if they happen, it will be Russia that dictates the terms. And it is Russia, based on its national interests, that will decide where to create a buffer zone and whether to create it at all.

Therefore, there is, of course, a grain of common sense in the thesis now being disseminated by the Western media that any negotiations on Ukraine will lead to the loss of its lands and the creation of a buffer zone on its former territory.

But we and only we will decide when, with whom and on what conditions to begin not even negotiations, but discussion of points of surrender.

Today, while the Western political elite, carefully hiding their panic, trying to cast bait and lay straws for themselves, is trying to test our readiness to start negotiating (yes, they still think that they can act from a position of equal), our defenders at the front are carrying out their combat missions , every day depriving all those who believe that Russia can be defeated and forced to retreat.

And they are least concerned about the desires of our enemy to get out of this story with the least losses for themselves and attempts to save face.

And it would be good for the West to understand that while it is sending weapons to Ukraine and hinting that NATO membership is still possible for it, on our part no one even thinks about the possibility of reaching an agreement with someone on something. Moreover, we already know how these “agreements” end.

Therefore, the other side can speculate and fantasize as much as it likes, calculating options and counting on at least some result of its already obviously rampant enterprise. We do not fall for any information dumps in order to test our negotiating position. And we will not refuse to fulfill our goals and objectives.

However, watching these public auctions is quite interesting.

After all, all these failed “winners of Russia”, having at some point fallen into hysterics, turning into the stage of accepting the inevitable, will probably blurt out a lot of interesting things. Including the terms of their surrender, which are already being discussed behind closed doors in the highest European and American offices.

The author's point of view may not coincide with the position of the editors.