The humiliating defeats of the Russian Armed Forces in Ukraine are urging Kremlin masks to propose increasingly violent tactics. Lobbying for the “land of fire” policy on state television, Russian experts and expert guests have openly compared the Ukrainian battlefield to Chechnya, Syria, and even the notorious battlefield. The Beslan School Massacrewhere Russian special forces killed many hostages along with their terrorist captors.
Appeared in the Wednesday broadcast of the state television program 60 minutes, said military expert Igor Korotchenko: “This is a new reality, that is why we should act quickly, sternly and without tolerance. First of all, we need to scale up attacks on critical infrastructure in such a way that region after region, district after district, Ukraine is in the dark… By December, 20 million Ukrainians have to flee to the West, to the European Union. This is our goal and the mission we should accomplish.”
Korotchenko suggested: “Perhaps we should publicly declare: ‘Let’s leave. Zelensky is turning this territory into a real hell. No one knows what will happen here next. Twenty million, let’s go to Europe. ‘ Then we sink from one area to another in darkness. This is our enemy nation, the modern Third Reich, and we should act accordingly. “
Similar proposals have rippled across Russia, with experts arguing that civilized world rules banning war criminals are mere recommendations, with compliance optional. On Monday, appear on Evening with Vladimir SolovyovAndrey Sidorov, deputy dean of the faculty of world politics at Moscow State University, explains why those international conventions are irrelevant: “The rules of war, according to international conventions, are relevant. consulting substance: do not attack [certain objects], if possible. But it’s no longer possible.”
Appear in the show Meeting place On Monday, Bogdan Bezpalko, a member of the Council on Ethnic Relations of the President of the Russian Federation, argued: “As for what needs to be done, as I said before, we need to attack the infrastructure. strata – which cannot be separated into military and civilian. If the whole of Ukraine is dark and cold, if they have no fuel, the reserve army will not help them and no one will be able to provide equipment or ammunition… These attacks will take place. for two, three, five or six months, leaving not a single gas station intact.”
Konstantin Zatulin, vice chairman of the State Duma’s committee on the CIS, said on 60 minutes: “This military operation — or this war — is entering another phase… The idea that we can achieve a victory with little bloodshed or a major offensive is now a thing of the past… Week Before, there was a widespread message — everywhere, except for our televisions — that this was not the time to celebrate, while we were struggling and failing on the front lines, while We are withdrawing… We are considering what they will do. We need to get over that… because winning is our only option.”
Host Olga Skabeeva warned: “Do not frighten our people early, because I understand that you are talking about the possibility of mobilization.” Even the most gung-ho propagandists admit that Russian society would be extremely uneasy at the thought of a total military mobilization, and that the country’s economy is not currently equipped for such a step. The only alternative proposed by the heads of state television is causing total devastation to Ukraine.
Professor Alexei Fenenko, a leading research fellow at the Institute for International Security Studies, tried to blame Russia’s growing brutality on the United States. With images of the ruined city of Mosul playing on the screen, Fenenko announced: “After February 24, they waited for us to reach important cities in Ukraine. Then they’ll say, “Yes, those guys are strong.” With no sense of self, Skabeeva noted that the bodies of the dead were left on the streets of Mosul, to decompose in sight. Fenenko noted that the gesture was meant as a message to other adversaries.
“Either you can do this to your enemies, or else you are nobody.“
Neither Skabeeva nor Fenenko mention the gruesome scenes in Ukraine that have unfolded in recent months, as the retreating Russian army leaves the bodies of Ukrainian civilians in the streets of Bucha, and scores of civilians massacred. in other towns and cities.
Fenenko argues that in order to be respected by the United States, Russia must turn Ukraine into ruins. America, he said, respects only those who can inflict heavy damage on their enemies: “You can do this to your enemies, or else you are nobody. If you don’t, you’re a coward and a failure.”
