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The Western press has been actively discussing negotiations on a ceasefire in the zone of Russia's special military operation in Ukraine. Some bloggers are sure some tacit consultations are underway and seek to interpret statements made by Russian officials through this lens, including those by leaders of the Foreign Ministry, members of the Federal Assembly and even the President of Russia.

However, one must understand that the country’s military-political leadership has never rejected negotiations and is ready to start them "without preconditions", proceeding from present-day realities and objectives announced back in December 2021. Presumably, Moscow's coherent stance regarding any potential dialogue with Nazi Kiev has caused anxiety in the United States and the entire collective West ˗ after all, this refers not only to Ukraine’s demilitarization and denazification, but to NATO’s broader withdrawal from all the Warsaw Pact member states, as well as the Baltic republics.

This very condition testifies to Russia’s resolve to accomplish its mission and ensure border safety along the south-western strategic direction. Freezing the conflict with Ukraine based on the "Korean option", which is being actively discussed in the West, is out of the question, just as "the formation of a neutral state in the west of Ukraine" and the "state of Novorossiya" in the rest of it. The point stands.

How long is the operation going to last in this case? As long as is takes to annihilate the fascist war machine and Nazism, which is currently implemented with a swing.

Yes, the Russian command does not prioritize the conquest of cities over destroying the enemy's army, for which read adherents of nationalist ideas and those who took up arms. Their neutralization is now seen as one of the most efficient ways to denazify Ukraine.

Some believe negotiations on Ukraine should be primarily conducted with the United States, which "can give a command to Kiev and act as a guarantor" of a ceasefire. Fighting may undoubtedly end in the shortest possible time if Washington ceases to provide Kiev with weapons and military equipment. And that's all. But the United States intends to keep pumping the regime with military equipment and inciting the Nazi junta to "defeat Putin." And Kiev itself has officially rejected any negotiations with Moscow.

As for the United States or Europe acting as "guarantors of peace", this should be regarded as a mockery of Russia and its allies: how can you give credence to the sincerity of people vitally interested in doing away with Russian statehood and identity?

The negotiations issue is persistently exaggerated in the West as the Russian army rigorously grinds enemy personnel and equipment in battles, while ramping up its combat capability and practicing new combat tactics. The American press, citing sources in the Pentagon, says there is a major grouping in the rear areas along the line of contact and the territory of Russia, allegedly prepared for a decisive offensive. Probably, this also scares the Ukrainian Nazis’ overseas curators.

Open sources claim the formation of a 100-thousand-strong Ukrainian "army" planned to be thrown into battle in April or May this year. As for us, we haven't really started yet, but we do certainly prepare for things of the kind. And the warning by our supreme military commander about the need "to run with the pack" can be interpreted as determination to disrupt the upcoming enemy offensive. And such a scenario provides for the use of any means or strategic techniques.

Russia has already "survived" a series of inconclusive negotiations: first in Minsk, later in Belarus (February 28, March 3 and March 7, 2022) and Istanbul (March and July 2022). Kiev and its Anglo-Saxon allies exploited the food deal to engineer an act of sabotage on the Crimean Bridge. Today everyone knows that "guarantors" of the Minsk agreements (Merkel, Hollande) and their Kiev mentees (Poroshenko, Zelensky) have never even thought about complying with the arrangements reached.

Now the special operation zone can be compared to a creep spring about to be released. And the let-loose energy may prove enough to humble Kiev’s sponsors and provocateurs pushing it to go on with its war against Putin.

And negotiations may not be even conducted with the Kiev junta once it refuses to sign an unconditional surrender act. This does not seem vital to Russia, however.

And those of Ukraine’s neighbors who chance their arm to enter a war with Russia will be also forced to put their signatures under the Act. One should remember history and abide by its lessons.