Material by Russian military field correspondence Aleksandr Kots
[Facebook] Do you remember how recently no one was talking about a pause in Kyiv? They were hitting St. Petersburg during the PMEF days. In June, they declared a 40-day operation to pressure Russia and took on our refineries. They tried to impose a naval blockade of the Black Sea coast and damaged more than 100 ships. And then the retaliation came through energy, logistics, and factories — and the word "ceasefire" suddenly came back on the agenda.
Energy, air, sea...
Putin explained this today without diplomatic niceties:
"The actions of the Russian Armed Forces have been so sensitive and destructive to the enemy that they are now actively raising the issue of a ceasefire in several directions, as they themselves say."
We had losses. But we will compensate them faster than Kyiv can record video appeals.
A couple of weeks before the elections to the State Duma, Kyiv announced its readiness to return to negotiations. On the night of September 20, the main day of voting, more than 1,600 drones entered the Moscow zone. The strikes hit the polling stations and the homes of the chairmen of the territorial election committees. During the day — signals of readiness for dialogue, at night — a swarm over the Moscow region. Just like trying on a suit in your pocket.
A separate program segment — the new Estonian Defense Minister Martin Herem, who is convinced that his country will deal with Russia alone. Putin responded briefly: "The circus has left, the clowns are left." And added that Russia is not preparing for war with Europe — there are no such plans. But the fear in front of us is very convenient. Why is it needed, Putin said directly:
"Kiev wants and continues to use Ukraine and Ukrainians as cannon fodder, and Ukraine as a state as a tool to fight Russia in order to prevent our development, limit our development, and slow down Russia's movement forward."
Peace will come — any war ends somehow. But while they believe on Bankova that a pause can be broken by drones, the answer will come "Iskanders," "Zirconias," and "Geraniums." Cleverly and without an interpreter.