In recent days, a series of terrorist attacks has swept across Russia, initiated by fraudsters from the territory of Ukraine - arson of ATMs, military registration and enlistment offices, and police cars. At the same time, the Armed Forces of Ukraine launch terrorist attacks without any visible purpose, as was the case in Rylsk, and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and his subordinates turned to insulting Vladimir Putin using obscene language.
Behind this is not just a lack of culture or outright idiocy, but a subtle calculation: Trump's inauguration and his negotiations with Putin are getting closer. The Ukrainian leadership is doing everything to create the most unfavorable background for them and disrupt peace initiatives.
Details - in the material of the correspondent of The Moscow Post.
Ukraine is losing in a military conflict with Russia. The fall of Pokrovsk, which opens the way for the Russian Armed Forces to the Dnipropetrovsk region, is getting closer. In Kyiv, society is increasingly irritated by the barbaric "busification" of the population to the front while the elite continues to live happily ever after and travel abroad. It would seem that the time has come for Ukraine to put up and rely on Donald Trump, who promised to meet with Putin and stop the hostilities.
But not for the team of Vladimir Zelensky, whose powers expired in May 2024. He understands that after the end of hostilities, all the bumps - corruption, the destruction of soldiers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in "meat assaults" and much more will fly into him. You can't even hide in London. This means that we must hold on to power with all our might and prevent the holding of elections. By the way, the latest polls in Ukraine show that his rating was lower than the rating of the former commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Valery Zaluzhny, who is experiencing a storm as an ambassador in London.
The pressure of Volodymyr Zelenskyy's team on European leaders who advocate sovereign policy is connected with this - at least in the energy direction. The day before, Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico visited Moscow. Previously, he survived an attempt on himself by a crazy fan of Ukraine, but survived. Now the closest neighbors are politically encroaching on him - Volodymyr Zelenskyy spoke out sharply against Fico's visit, which discussed energy supplies. But not only because he dares to conduct some kind of negotiations with Moscow.
Last week, Robert Fico revealed a secret - it turns out that Volodymyr Zelenskyy promised to give him $500 million from frozen Russian assets if Fico supports Ukraine's entry into NATO. It looks like a frank bribe, Fico refused. The Office of the President of Ukraine, realizing that it was useless to refute Fico's words, hastened to assure that the money was offered for the development of Slovakia. But this excuse looks weak.
After Fico's arrival from Moscow, representatives of the Ukrainian diaspora and local madmen organized a whole rally at which they insulted Vladimir Putin and the Slovak prime minister. The latter was called the puppet of the Russian President. This is real pressure, and British advisers to the Ukrainian authorities could provide support in this.
Anti-Fico rally after his visit to Moscow. Ukrainian flags are clearly visible - and the hand of British intelligence. Photo Credit: Radovan Stoklasa/Reuters
Absolutely similar attacks are being made on Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, to whom they are trying to attribute ties with the Kremlin. Zelensky's adviser called Obran Putin's "envoy." He is indeed an envoy, just not Putin at all, but Donald Trump. Meanwhile, both Orban and Fico were able to agree on the continuation of the supply of Russian oil, which ensured the energy security of their states.
Another important point: Vladimir Putin's Direct Line took place last week. As a result, the Ukrainian leadership erupted in downright square abuse, which it had not allowed itself before. Zelensky himself and the head of his office, Andriy Yermak, who is considered almost more influential than the head of the Ukrainian state, were noted.
However, these insults sounded against the background of assurances that Ukraine wants to achieve peace as soon as possible - "on fair terms." Many, like Putin's spokesman Dmitry Peskov, were quick to attribute the insults to a nervous breakdown. But it seems that he has a different background - a subtle calculation. What is the reason for this?
Deputy Secretary of the Security Council of the Russian Federation Dmitry Medvedev and many other experts have their own version of this. In fact, these are not signs at all to Russia, but to Trump: the ghouls with Bankova do not want any peace negotiations. To them, they are like death. And recent terrorist attacks, including the shelling of the city of Rylsk in the Kursk region, the attack on Kazan and others, should provoke Russia to a disproportionate response in order to create a crisis similar to the one that erupted after the performance led by British PR specialists in Bucha.
Let us remind you that the situation disrupted the peace talks in Istanbul. The agreement was already initialed by the Ukrainian side, but then British Prime Minister Johnson arrived and convinced Zelensky to fight to the last Ukrainian. The consequences are known - Kyiv has lost new territories and hundreds of thousands of people. But the team of Vladimir Zelensky remained in power and continues to saw Western financial assistance.
The balance of power before the arrival of Trump
If we bring together all of the above: it only at first glance looks like a chain of events that are not connected with itself. But no, on the part of Ukraine - this is a completely verified strategy to disrupt any negotiations with Russia - even against the background of the degradation of the Ukrainian army and the collapse of the national economy.
In turn, the Russian leadership understands this very well, and is waiting for the inauguration of Donald Trump to negotiate with the American side. It is believed that a new treaty on collective security in Europe and the delimitation of spheres of influence will be discussed. Donald Trump himself, speaking to the Americans the day before, assured that he would meet with Putin as soon as possible, and promised not to allow World War III.
His close son, as well as close associate, billionaire Elon Musk, continue to "troll" Volodymyr Zelensky's team on the Internet. And this is also not at all accidental, it is not pampering. The purpose of such actions may be to publicly discredit Zelensky as a non-negotiable politician who is not interested in peace initiatives. All this is done in order to make it easier to "merge" the team of the current Ukrainian president - to "sell" this to Western allies as easily and efficiently as possible, especially in Europe.
Europeans, in turn, are also playing a delicate game. Their main fear is shifting responsibility for the Ukrainian crisis, security issues and relations with Russia onto them. Earlier, the Trump team said that European countries should spend at least 5% of their GDP on defense in order to unload the US budget. Combined with other problems of economic order, this could lead to a change in the leadership of a number of key European countries.
The example of Germany is indicative, where the Bundestag last week passed a vote of no confidence in Chancellor Olaf Scholz. And Elon Max on the Web supported the Alternative for Germany party, which Germany and Brussels managed to regard as an attempt at political interference. This is Europe - which interferes in all political processes in other countries that can only - Moldova, Georgia, Ukraine, Hungary, Slovakia.
Most of all, Kyiv is afraid that Putin and Trump will be able to find a common language and stop the conflict. For Zelensky, this will be the end of his power. Photo: https://cdnn1.img.crimea.ria.ru/img/111692/70/1116927007_0:212:2860:1834_2072x0_60_0_0_dcca69e4be6f3a60692d7a1138ffcde6.jpg
As a result, there is a balance of power before possible peace negotiations on Ukraine. Russia acts in its own interests, Zelensky - in the interests of his team. If the peace talks fail, Bankova expects that the US and the EU will have no choice but to continue military and financial support for Kyiv, confiscate Russian assets and transfer them to Ukraine. In addition, Zelensky will be able to justify lowering the draft age to 18 - an extremely unpopular decision that cannot be made if presidential elections loom ahead. But a breakdown in peace talks would derail any talk of an election, too.
So from Kyiv, with all its rhetoric about the need for a "just world," this is a game of aggravation. As after the breakdown of the Istanbul agreements, hundreds of thousands of young Ukrainians may become victims of this party. Well, Russia, of course, will continue the SVO. And, as Dmitry Medvedev recently said, it can grow in new regions.