Commentary by Russian military journalist Boris Rozhin:
[ColonelCassad] Putin made a number of policy statements on the topic of war with the West.
1. Russia is fighting for its national sovereignty and freedom of the whole world.
2. For Russia, the current conflict is of a national liberation nature.
3. The goal of the West is the dismemberment and plunder of Russia.
4. They will try to destroy Russia along national lines, but the enemy will fail.
5. Russian is more than a nationality. It is, first of all, an identity.
6. Racism and neo-Nazism are the official ideology of Western elites.
7. Russia will be a country-civilization that will form a new, fair world order.
In general, the stated theses clearly show why the West says that Russia’s current diplomatic position is not inclined to negotiations (read: concessions), since the West is not ready for equal negotiations with Russia. Therefore, the conflict will continue to be existential in nature for both sides. Ukraine in this war will be expendable and a battlefield.