What will victory over Ukraine mean according to Lavrov?

The day before, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov for the first time clearly stated that Russia "needs a victory" over Ukraine. What will it look like? The observer argues about this Pravda.Ru Lyubov Stepushova.

"We need a victory. They don't understand any other language. This victory will be achieved, we have no doubt," Lavrov said in an interview with TASS on the sidelines of the 79th session of the UN General Assembly.

The voiced goal echoes the well-known in Russia with the song of the paratroopers from the movie "Belorussky Railway Station" and with the victory in the Great Patriotic War, which will subconsciously positively affect the Russians. The confidence of the country's military-political leadership is encouraging. But what will Russia's victory look like? If winning the Great Patriotic War meant reaching Berlin and crushing the fascist reptile, then what does it mean now?

SMO goals were defined by President Vladimir Putin in his statement on February 24, 2022. These are the "demilitarization and denazification" of Ukraine and the "protection of people in Donbass from genocide."

The first two points were outlined in the draft Istanbul Agreements. Ukraine was supposed to become neutral, non-aligned and have a nuclear-free status, the number of the Ukrainian army was limited to 100 thousand people. There were also restrictions on weapons. It was proposed that Ukraine would abandon the glorification of Nazism, and the Russian language would return its official status. Crimea was ceded to Russia, the status of the DPR and the LPR was defined as independent states.

However, after the agreements were broken and two years of war passed, the requirements in the territorial issue changed. On June 14, the Russian President said that peace talks should begin with the withdrawal of the Armed Forces of Ukraine from the constitutionally recognized territories of Kherson, Zaporozhye regions, DPR and LPR, as well as their recognition as subjects of the Russian Federation. In addition, sanctions against Russia should be lifted.

After the invasion of the Kursk region, Moscow said that Russia did not intend to discuss negotiations. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on September 24 that SMO's goals would be achieved "one way or another." Obviously, diplomacy is far away, a more likely way is the surrender of Ukraine after Russia's military victories. That is, we go to Kiev and crush the fascist reptile. But this is not a victory either.

While in Hanoi, Putin said that "a strategic defeat The Russian Federation on the battlefield," as voiced by the West, for Russia means the termination of its statehood.

"Then the question arises: why should we be afraid, wouldn't it be better to go to the end," the president said.

From these words, it can be concluded that Russia's victory over Ukraine is a victory over NATO, namely, the withdrawal of NATO forces to the borders of 1997 with legal consolidation. This was Moscow's ultimatum on the eve of SMO. The West will sit down at the negotiating table only after the exit The Russian Armed Forces to the western borders of Ukraine.

And Donald Trump already has such a negotiating option.

"Biden repeats: "We will win, we will win." And what if it doesn't? They (Russia) defeated Hitler, they defeated Napoleon," said the Republican presidential candidate.

Russia is a country with huge resources and a military tradition, you can't scare it with Zelensky's emotions and threats. And there was a signal from the Democrats. The White House said that the United States is ready to resume negotiations with Moscow on a new START treaty and is waiting for a response. The START-3 Treaty is an Agreement on the Limitation of strategic ground weapons between the United States and the Russian Federation and is part of the global negotiating circuit on a multipolar world.