Russia Fell Into The Trap Set Up By Special Operators

This is a dead end.

A notable recent trend is the loss of the prospect of ending hostilities in Ukraine.

As for the Russian authorities, the plans of military onslaught, economic strangulation, strikes on the rear, and nuclear blackmail have consistently failed.

On the Ukrainian side, after the autumn optimism based on a successful counter-offensive, the current summer understanding of the complex military realities has come. So far, let's be careful, there are no clear signs that Ukraine will achieve a decisive strategic success. There are heavy, with heavy losses, battles.

But it seems that the Russian authorities like the current state. It feels comfortable in the circumstances of a “special operation” that has lost its achievable initial goal. Perhaps the purpose of the special operation is itself, its endless continuation.

It's also good for maintaining power. Political repression within the country is self-justified by military necessity. The failure of Putin's quarter-century rule in the country's economic modernization and declining living standards can now be blamed on the difficulties of the military circumstances.

Therefore, it is possible, with feigned regret and hidden joy, to emphasize, as press secretary Dmitry Peskov does today, that “now there is just one answer to the question of reaching a peaceful settlement with the participation of the Kyiv regime and its current position. No, this is impossible. There are no prerequisites for this.”

This is a dead end.

Russia fell into the trap of special operators. “And the war has been underway for two thousand years, the war without special reasons,” Viktor Tsoi sang. In this war heat, not only our previous life is melting, but also hopes for a peaceful future.