Putin’s Advisers Just Said the Quiet Part Out Loud About Ukraine


Professor Gerdes Explains 🇺🇦

I examine what Russian officials and public voices are saying about the war’s underlying aims as Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner hold talks in Moscow. Their language on colonizing Ukraine, “de-Ukrainification,” re-Russification, and the removal of Ukrainian identity raises direct questions about whether any peace agreement can address Russia’s stated objectives.

I also assess calls by State Duma deputy Alexei Zhuravlyov for tactical nuclear weapons, arguments about a future Russia-NATO conflict and a corridor to Kaliningrad, and a Russian critique of the war’s demographic, economic, and human costs. The strategic issue is not rhetoric alone, but what these aims mean for Ukraine’s survival, deterrence, and European security.

4 comments

  1. There we have it. russia admitting they want to commit mass genocide in Ukraine, while the West, either wring their hands or say I’m good friends with putler.

  2. Ukraine is controlled by the EU, which rejects it. No, Ukraine is controlled by Nato which rejects it. No Ukraine is controlled by pro-ruSSian president Donald Trump of the USA. Uhm, no. Ukraine wants to be free.

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