Andrei Kozyrev: “He does not want to recognize it himself, I think. And, definitely, he does not want Russian people to understand what…”

It’s not enough in any military confrontation. You cannot win a small skirmish, you cannot win especially large war like the one in Ukraine only being defensive.

The West should not even think of coming back to business as usual with Russia. They have to free themselves from their dependence on Russian oil and gas.

The Kremlin spent the last 20 years trying to modernize its military, but much of that budget was stolen and spent on mega yachts in Cyprus.

He will try to intimidate the West and imitate Ukrainians. And unfortunately, he kind of succeeds to have initiative, military initiative, while NATO seems to be too cautious to me.