Thread by @ChrisO_wiki

1/ Igor 'Strelkov' Girkin says that Russia will only achieve victory if Ukraine is 'defeated and reformatted', but complains that nothing has been done to persuade the Ukrainian people that this is actually a good thing for them. ⬇️

2/ From his suspiciously well-connected prison cell, he writes of his favourite (but distinctly fantastic) scenario, which is likely shared by influential pro-war figures in the Russian elite:

"I see clear criteria after which we could speak of victory."

3/ "Let me reiterate that this is precisely the collapse of the entire so-called Ukrainian state, which was created entirely as an anti-Russian project, as "Anti-Russia," and was bound to sooner or later enter into a military confrontation with the Russian Federation.

4/ "What had to happen, what was inevitable, has happened.

Moreover, if Ukraine remains as it is, a new war will inevitably break out in a relatively short time, a war that will be far more difficult for Russia and under far more challenging circumstances.

5/ "This is under the conditions of Ukraine's total support from an entire coalition of states hostile to Russia.

6/ "Therefore, to achieve victory, we must defeat the Ukrainian army and ensure that the cities and towns that our soldiers are now storming, bleeding, surrender to us without a fight.

7/ "So that the Ukrainian army doesn't cling to every bush, every city, but retreats, abandoning equipment and weapons, and surrendering en masse.

8/ "This can be achieved not only by military strikes but by creating an alternative that can attract the residents of so-called Ukraine to our side. This is something that hasn't been done at all in four years.

9/ "We haven't even once attempted to create an alternative project for the people of Ukraine. Neither a government of so-called Ukraine nor a government of Novorossiya has been created. Nothing has been created to give the people of Ukraine any alternative.

10/ "Moreover, we have done a great deal to strengthen the Ukrainian state by effectively recognising its legitimacy and being willing to compromise.

11/ "If the goal of defeating this state, reuniting it with Russia, and reformatting it is clearly defined, then the strategic objective will be defined, and at least those who fight against us will understand what we actually want.

12/ "And consider whether it would be beneficial for them (themselves, their families, their loved ones, and relatives) to end the war on the terms Russia is proposing.

13/ "Right now, Russia is offering practically a ceasefire line and nothing more, preserving the Ukrainian regime and preserving it in its current form.

14/ "This option forces the enemy to fight stubbornly, and thus we will not achieve ideological victory over them. And militarily, we will not achieve victory until we set the goal of total victory.

15/ "We can take as many villages and towns as we like, we can seize as many heights and forested areas as we like, but until the enemy army is routed, until it is crushed, until it is deprived of the will to win, we will not achieve victory.

16/ "So, to sum it up again: victory—This is the collapse of the Kyiv regime, its capitulation, the rout of its army. This is the enemy's unconditional acceptance of the conditions that Russia will set. That is victory.

17/ "Everything else is a truce and the future continuation of the war." /end

Source:
t.me/strelkovii/7276