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Waiting for the US to fulfill its obligations
2026-02-10
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited

Commentary by Russian military journalist Boris Rozhin is in italics:

[ColonelCassad] Lavrov confirmed that Putin and Trump struck a deal in Anchorage, stipulating that Ukraine would surrender Donbas, which would lead to a cessation of hostilities along the line of contact. Moreover, this was a specifically American proposal.

Accordingly, Russia is now waiting for the US to fulfill its part of the deal. In fact, he wrote about this scheme last fall. Now it's been officially confirmed.

Several months have passed, and although the US has significantly bent Ukraine on a number of issues, it has not yet fulfilled its key obligations. Lavrov's statement also emphasized that the US has not fulfilled its obligations.

And Russia is publicly reiterating this. It's crucial that, unlike Minsk II, when military action was contingent on "negotiations" in the Minsk subgroups (which was initially a sham), military action on the front is proceeding in parallel and is not contingent on the "spirit of Anchorage."

Accordingly, if the US is unwilling or unable to fulfill its part of the deal, Russia, as officially stated, will continue to achieve its SMD goals militarily. If the US fulfills its part of the Anchorage deal, the war will end according to the plan: the withdrawal of the Ukrainian Armed Forces from Donbas and the transformation of the LBS into the future state border.

Under this plan, each month of war gives Russia an additional 500-600 square kilometers of future territory. Lavrov also addressed the issue of denazification of Ukraine. Ukraine's Nazi roots must be eliminated; this is a prerequisite for Russia's security. (c) Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov.

Regarding the question of whether the requirement for denazification has disappeared as a condition for achieving the goals of the Central Military District. No, it has not.

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