Commentary by Russian military journalist Boris Rozhin:
[ColonelCassad] Regarding the "images of victory" rumors.
It's always been simple here.
We achieved the officially declared goals - we won.
1. Four regions within the 2014 borders as part of Russia (including Zaporozhye and Kherson)
2. Guaranteed refusal to accept Ukraine into NATO (not for 10 or 20 years, but in principle)
3. Demilitarization of Ukraine (what it looks like is spelled out in the Istanbul agreement)
4. Denazification of Ukraine (banning Nazi parties and movements, ending the persecution of Russians and Russian-speakers, etc.)
5. Etc. See Putin's conditions from February 2022 and June 2024. Nobody refused them.
Accordingly, if all official goals are achieved, this is a victory. They set official goals for the war - they achieved them - they won.
| Fair enough. |
If they set goals and practically did not achieve any of them, then this is a defeat. It is important to remember that the final parameters of the end of the war will be compared with the official goals of Russia. Not with those that may be and are not voiced, and not with those that could be, but which again are not voiced. But with what was declared publicly as the official diplomatic position.
So the "image of victory" is forged through the achievement of the SVO goals declared by Putin.
The achievement of these goals will be a victory that no one will need to prove politically - everything will be obvious anyway.