Well, we heard that, what, 10’000 times already? Probably.
But is this a reason to simply ignore yet another tsunami of hysterics coming out of Kiev?
I mean, I get it: North Stream 2 has been completed today, all that’s left is a bunch of paperwork (which the Poles and Ukies are still trying to sabotage by offering to “participate” in the bureaucratic processes). Barring any last-minute “creative solutions” by the 3B+PU gang, the gas itself should start flowing on October first. And since the “Turkish stream” is already working, it is true that Russia has successfully bypassed all the crazies and is now offering its energy to Europe directly.
As for the “West” and its values, well, let’s just say that greed is far more sacred to the West than its own propaganda. How do we know that? Nobody offered the Ukies any “compensation” or, even less so, “security guarantees”.
The US/NATO/UK/EU have clearly shown that while they love to act like the infamous “civilized” “White Man” with his famous “burden”, they have no stomach for screwing around with Russia for real, not in the Black Sea, not in the Ukraine, not in the Baltic and not in the North or anywhere else.
In other words, the Ukronazis feel ditched and are watching the events in Afghanistan in utter horror.
Also, since the Ukronazis always said that Russia will attack the Ukraine as soon as NS2 is completed, so in a way, there is a logic here: since NS2 was completed today, therefore Russia must attack today. Especially since the Zapad 2021 military maneuvers have started (and they are involving a bigger and much more capable military force than the entire military power of the 3B+PU countries).
In the Ukie logic, this all means that Russia will attack today or tomorrow at the latest, from both Belarus and Russia. BTW – Lukashenko was in Moscow yesterday and the two countries signed 28 documents further integrating Russia and Belarus economically and militarily. As for political integration, Putin and Lukashenko both said that first, the two countries must align their economies before going into stuff like a single currency or even a single Parliament. So that is for the (not too far away) future.
Then there are the various statements from top Ukro officials.
Zelenskii declared that a war is now inevitable. He also stated that the Ukronazi armed forces were now amongst the most formidable on the planet and that NATO would “lose” without the Ukraine and the EU would become very weak (he was not joking).
The head of the Ukronazi Security Council, Danilov, not only agreed, but he said that if the Ukies see an impending Russian attack, the Ukies would attack first and “liberate” the Donbass. He got a standing ovation from the Ukronazi corner.
The head of the Ukrainian military admitted that he daydreamed about, listen to this, a Ukrainian military parade on the Red Square in Moscow, with Ukie flags and all (that old Polish wet dream again…).
Remember the other “NATO candidate” Saakashvili who lost a war against a small Russian military force in 3 days only? He now declared that if Russia attacks the Ukraine, all the US would send, at best, is warm blankets and inflatable boats. He is right. Welcome to reality Ukies!
As for the official Ukie media (all non-regime-run TV channels have now been banned), let’s just say that they “further amplified” the feelings of Ukie politicians and leave it at that.
Foreign Minister Lavrov reacted to all that by saying that the folks in Kiev were “schizophrenics”. Peskov also spoke of mental problems.
So, will we have a full-scale war in Europe today or tomorrow?
Probably not. HOWEVER
First, never say never, especially when dealing with schizophrenics. Normal deterrence theory assumes what is called “a rational actor” on all sides. The one thing which the Ukronazis sure ain’t is “rational”!
Second, you have to stop thinking like you normally do and imagine yourself in, say, Ze’s skin. Objectively, for them, a continuation of, well, maybe not “peace”, that has not happened since the Ukronazi coup, but at least “low simmering” war might well be WORSE than a full-scale war with Russia. The kind of “non-full-war” which the Nazi-occupied Ukraine has been (barely) surviving is a surefire way to a final, total, collapse. Not only that, but Ze & Co. probably do realize that even if Russia does openly intervene, it would at most be to liberate the rest of the Donbass and probably move towards the Mariupol direction. Sure, the Russians would probably do to the Ukies something similar to what they did to Saakashvili and basically defang the Ukraine, but remember that in 08.08.08 the Russians were already advancing on Tbilissi and stopped not because the “invincible Georgian army” stopped the invader, but because the Russians have ZERO need for anything Georgian once their fangs have been removed, least of all any need to enter their capital. In fact, the Russians quickly packed and left, leaving just enough forces in South Ossetia and Abkhazia to make darn sure that they would never be attacked again. This is most likely what the Russians would do in case of a war with the Ukraine, only at a larger scale. But now think like Ze: Saakashvili himself is not in power, but he is alive, got plenty of money and basically is living a good life (in their minds, at least). He did not get lynched by angry Georgians (who did put him on an international wanted list for many of his crimes). Ze would much rather be the future Saakashvili than the future Mussolini, and that goes for a lot of them. Sure, the Ukronazi true believers will all be killed by Russians, but the top folks will do what ex-President Ashraf Ghani did and pack their money and run.
Third, dumb and desperate (D&D) rulers always see war as a solution to get the flag-waving kind to blindly support them. I vividly remember how Argentinian General and dictator Galtieri pulled off exactly that with his ill-fated liberation of the Malvinas/Falklands from the Brits (which, of course, I support 110% on principle, but the execution was nothing short of terrible, by the fault of Argentinian politicians and Galtieri himself (and the local commander too, Mario Menendez). And that is a trick which every President except Trump pulled at least once while in office (and he basically also did that with the murder of Soleimani which was an act of war).
The Neocons still seem to be dreaming of attacking somebody, anybody, but following the monumental faceplant in Afghanistan, there are very few nations out there that the US can seriously take on (Monaco? Lichtenstein? Costa Rica (which has no military to begin with)? Grenada (no military either, but lots of very bad and even traumatic memories for the US)? Not the Vatican, the ceremonial Swiss guard might do what it did during the insurrection of 1792 and declare “We are Swiss, the Swiss do not part with their arms but with their lives. We think that we do not merit such an insult. If the regiment is no longer wanted, let it be legally discharged. But we will not leave our post, nor will we let our arms be taken from us” (yes, tiny Switzerland had a proud and very interesting history, and she only became the Empire’s cheap prostitute in 1990). And today’s Swiss guards at the Vatican could change their (rather silly) ceremonial uniforms, but on real fatigues and fight to the end. I don’t see these genius super-warriors taking them on 
So – war later today or tomorrow?
No, probably not.
But the fact is that the Ukies simply have no other choice than to try all they can to trigger a war sooner or later (but preferably sooner). For these Nazi schizophrenics war is, REALLY, preferable to peace. Remember for all the butthurt crazies on other websites who were going into hysterics every time I spoke of “Nazis” in the Ukie context, the fact remains that while Ze initially came to power as a total NON-Nazi (while Poroshenko’s gang was “the real deal”), the fact that Ze is, literally, a clown and has no real power base other than the pro-peace Ukrainians whom he totally betrayed, resulted into the Ukie Nazis taking de facto control of the Ze regime.
Just like the Neocons are a minority in the USA, but one which sets the agenda no matter who is in power in the White House, so are the Ukronazis: a minority, but one which sets the agenda. And “their” Ukraine is, truly, an anti-Russia, something which Putin publicly declared a “red line” which Russia will never allow.
See any venues for compromise here?
Me neither.
Finally, a war would allow the Ukronazis to “consolidate” their power in the western regions of the (historically real) “Ukraine” which Russians will certainly stay away from (Lvov, Ivano-Frankovsk, etc.). Most of the locals *truly* are non-Russians and have never been Russians in the past. The Ukronazi ideology is still popular there, so the Ukronazis can create their little and landlocked “Nazi Taiwan” and give up a country they cannot control, if only because it is entirely artificial, and accept a smaller country, but once which makes more sense and which they can control.
So “something” is definitely coming. It might be a stupid stunt like trying to pass under the bridge to Crimea or some major terrorist attack (that is the one thing which the SBU is actually pretty darn good at, we should not dismiss them too quickly!). Or this, the Ukies are regularly flying all types of drones over the Donbass and even over Crimea. What if they sent a manned aircraft of some kind? It will be shot down for sure (even over the LDNR). They can also set off a false flag very very easily (just like the Czechs recently did): blow up some major civilian infrastructure object which the cannot be maintained (no money, all the specialists gone) anyway and blame it on Putin and, of course, “Petrov and Boshirov”.
I think of that as a “home made MH-17” (the initial one was clearly a US operation like KAL007 many years ago).
We cannot predict what “it” will be, but we can be sure that will be 1) very visible 2) very ugly 3) very bloody.
Yes, the Russians are as ready as can one can be. But the Ukies will have the advantage of choosing the time and place. This means that the SVR/GRU must now carry the burden of making darn sure that the Ukronazis authorities are chock full with SVR/GRU agents and even officers: it is vital for Russia to make sure that the Kremlin gets any such Ukie plans even before they are finalized in Kiev. Удачи вам, ребята! (good luck guys!).
Andrei
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