Deputy Chairman of the Russian Federation Council (i.e. Senate), Dmitry Medvedev, has revealed how much of "Ukraine" will remain once Russia completes its military operation. Not much.
In a social media posting, Medvedev made clear "We will not stop until this is the case." Here is the full map:
The collective West, through NATO, wanted to place US Missile defenses on Ukrainian territory so those missiles would have only about a five minute flight time to Moscow, and to Russia's Strategic Nuclear Silos. Russia said "no."
Russia pointed out that no nation can defend itself from missiles that have only a five minute flight time between launch and impact, and so the positioning of US missiles on Ukraine soil was simply an intolerable security threat to Russia.
The West did not listen.
Russia tried to negotiate what they called "Iron-clad, legally enforceable, security guarantees" and the collective West scoffed, and threw Russia's proposal (rhetorically) into the trash.
Russia then re-proposed those security guarantees by having their proposal hand delivered to the White House, to NATO HQ, and to the Executive addresses for each NATO member country, with the additional warning that if Russia could not obtain security guarantees Diplomatically, they would do so by military, or military-technical mean.
The West waited about ten days before they scoffed (again) and (rhetorically) threw the proposal in the trash again.
Days later, Russia telephoned Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky and told him he had FIVE HOURS to agree to Russia's security demands. Zelensky called both the British Home Office and the US State Department, both of whom told him "ignore Russia's ultimatum."
Two hours after that deadline passed, Russian troops crossed the border into Ukraine.
So here we are, slightly over two years into the Ukraine-Russia conflict, and Russia is taking by force, the territory it needs to protect itself from US/NATO missiles.
Over one million troops are now dead -- mostly Ukrainians, but a considerable number of Russians, too -- all because the US and NATO wanted to put US missiles on Ukrainian territory.
None of this had to be. Yet here we are.
Now, we see the extent to which Russia will conquer to protect itself. The map is clear.
Only instead of figuring out that this **MUST** be the way things will be, the collective West is now talking about sending troops into Ukraine to fight Russia.
Russia has long said such an act would mean "a war no one will win" which, as Readers are well aware, means Nuclear War. Yet French President Macron just this week, doubled-down on his idea to send troops into Ukraine.
What part of "No" does Macron (and NATO) not understand?
The world is being lead into a nuclear conflict that does not have to be.
