By Aleksandr Suvorov
[REGNUM] One of the most discussed topics recently is the question of when and where to complete the Special Military Operation? As usual, there are a lot of experts, connoisseurs and, most importantly, advisers. However, there are basically only two positions.
One is to complete at the western borders of Ukraine.
Second, we don't need Galicia, it will be an eternal and aching headache, so don't release it. Therefore, stop at the borders of Western Ukraine.
I consider it possible to combine both positions. This means completing a special military operation near the western borders of Ukraine. And then start real negotiations, but not with Ukraine, but with its owners in the face of the collective West.
Since the special military operation will be difficult to complete until the channels for the delivery of military aid and mercenaries from the West to Ukraine are blocked, Russia, and maybe Belarus, should close the western border of Ukraine and complete the second part of the special military operation. As we know, the first part of the operation is the liberation of Donbass and the liquidation of a significant grouping of Ukrainian troops trapped in the cauldron.
And somehow it became a shame for the state when we kind of unblocked Kiev, and there freely arrived on the night of April 8, the head of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen , and the head of European diplomacy, Josep Borrell . They did not just express words of support to V. Zelensky . They named the amounts of financial and military assistance to the Nazis, which, according to the plan of the operation, must be eradicated. Moreover, Josep Borrell, like a diplomat, declared that only a collective military victory over Russia could be a favorable outcome.
It became even more ashamed of the state when the possessed Boris Johnson arrived in Kiev . He held a planning meeting with V. Zelenskiy, promised military assistance, loans, and also spoke out against negotiations with Russia.
The possibility of combining both positions noted above was prompted by the opinion of the same Josep Borrell, the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy in the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen. He is often confused with the US oil barrel, a unit of oil equal to 158.988 liters, or 42 gallons, but at times he has interesting thoughts.
So, Josep Borrell said that, in his opinion, Russia will not stop at Ukraine and NATO countries, among other things, may fall victim to it. A very promising idea!
After M. S. Gorbachev and four other members of the State Council of the USSR fulfilled the wishes of the United States and recognized the independence of the Baltic republics on September 6, 1991, the USSR ceased to exist in its former composition and within its former borders. Then independent Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia became members of the European Union and members of NATO. Since then, these three NATO countries, on the one hand, and Poland, also a NATO country, have come to represent the most violent Russophobic wing in the collective West.
Not only are they the most barking Tabaki, they have completely surrounded the Kaliningrad region. Thus, part of the territory of Russia was completely surrounded by NATO countries.
For some time, the Baltic states allowed Russia to exercise the right to public easement established by the Roman law, that is, the right to use the territory of another state in order to meet state or municipal needs. For some time, trains carrying goods and passengers to Kaliningrad followed through the territory of the Baltic states, and planes from Russia to Kaliningrad flew over the airspace of the Baltic states.
But then the Baltic countries became insolent and forbade Russia to use their land territory and airspace. Russia had to build sea ferries to deliver goods to Kaliningrad that were previously delivered by rail, and planes now fly to Kaliningrad over neutral airspace, which is more than an hour longer and, of course, more expensive.
There are certain technical difficulties in supplying the Kaliningrad region with gas and electricity from the mainland of Russia. So, in order to supply liquefied gas through the gas receiving terminal, it was necessary to build a floating regasification platform "Marshal Vasilevsky". There were certain technical problems with the supply of electricity from the mainland to the Kaliningrad region.
The union state of Belarus, which previously exported and imported significant volumes of goods through the ports of the Baltic states, also faced difficulties. I had to negotiate with Russia on the construction of a separate port near St. Petersburg for Belarusian cargo. According to preliminary estimates, the cost of building such a port could cost about $2 billion.
We return to the topic of combining two positions, suggested by Josep Borrell, which is as follows.
Since the US and NATO have not responded to Russia's just diplomatic demands for security guarantees, including the withdrawal of NATO's borders to the 1997 borders, Russia will have to solve this problem itself. Russia has warned the US and NATO that if they do not accept proposals to meet our demands through diplomatic means, then military-political and military-technical methods will be used. The third stage of a special military operation could be the unblocking of the Kaliningrad region, which is currently surrounded by NATO countries, and the provision of a neutral and demilitarized status for Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia.
The railway and air links with Kaliningrad will start working again, it will probably be easier to return to gas supplies through the main gas pipeline Minsk-Vilnius-Kaunas-Kaliningrad, it will also be possible to loop power transmission lines, as was the case in the USSR.
It is likely that such an operation could be even cheaper than building a new port for Belarusian cargo.
It seems that this will not meet with much military resistance, since NATO made sure that the “cartoons” of 2018 have already become a reality - Onyxes, Zircons and Daggers fly far and hit right on target. It is unlikely that the local population will fiercely resist the troops of the Union State of Russia and Belarus, since the descendants of the Baltic SS and policemen have long moved to Europe. In fact, the majority of the Russian-speaking population remained on the territory of these states, deprived of their rights, including the right to citizenship. Now they can easily obtain citizenship of the Russian Federation.
But then real negotiations on concluding a barter agreement can begin - they give us Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia. We are, as it were, eliminating the consequences of the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact. We return Galicia to Poland, let them deal with the remnants of Bandera themselves. We return Transcarpathia and Bukovina to Hungary and congratulate Viktor Orban on his victory in the elections. We return the Chernivtsi region to Romania, let them sing beautiful songs together with the Ukrainians and dance colorful and incendiary dances.
We can’t give up southern Bessarabia in any way - these territories returned to the Russian Empire, when Romania was not even in the project. Izmail, Reni, Vilkovo, Bolgrad, Belgorod-Dnestrovsky will take their rightful place in the Novorossiya.
Undoubtedly, for that part of the people of the former Ukrainian SSR who consider themselves original Ukrainians, Ukraine should be preserved within its original borders and the territory that was previously called Little Russia.
It also seems that the DPR and LPR should not rush to a referendum on joining the Russian Federation. We should wait a bit until the Kherson People's Republic, perhaps, is revived, since these territories, including the southern part of Transnistria, were previously part of the Kherson province of the Russian Empire.
And, perhaps, the Odessa People's Republic will be proclaimed as the legal successor of the Odessa Soviet Republic, the beginning of which was laid by the formation of the military revolutionary committee (MRC) of Rumcherod, which began on January 13 (26), 1918, an armed uprising in Odessa. On the evening of January 18 (31), the Council of People's Commissars of the Odessa Soviet Republic was elected, which recognized the supreme authority in the person of the Council of People's Commissars of Soviet Russia and the Soviet government in Kharkov.
The fate of the Odessa Soviet Republic was sealed on December 4, 1917, when the Council of People's Commissars of Soviet Russia recognized the independence of the Ukrainian People's Republic, which included the Kherson province.
The countries of the Quadruple Alliance at that time were at war with Russia. They also recognized the UNR and signed a separate peace treaty with the UNR on February 8, 1918:
“Germany, Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria and Turkey, on the one hand, and the Ukrainian People's Republic, on the other, declare that the state of war between them has ended. The parties signing the treaty decided from now on to live in peace and friendship.
From March 1918, the Odessa Soviet Republic tried to resist the troops of Austria-Hungary and Germany, who entered Ukraine by agreement with the Ukrainian Central Rada. On March 13, 1918, the Odessa Soviet Republic ceased to exist due to the occupation of Odessa by the Austro-German troops.
There will probably be no problems with Russia's recognition of the independence of the Odessa People's Republic.
After that, the Donetsk People's Republic, the Lugansk People's Republic and the Odessa People's Republic will be able to hold referendums on joining the Russian Federation. The Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic held such a referendum back in 2006. That's when these four republics, having called the Republic of Moldova with them, together holding hands, will return to their ancestral territory, the assignee and successor of which today is the Russian Federation.