zlatti71Podolyak made a statement about the Ukrainian Armed Forces offensive, confirming everything that was written the day before about the Ukrainian/Western strategy towards Russia and the essence of the operation to invade the Kursk region. Podolyak's main narratives:- Three instruments of coercion must work. Today, the "combat actions" instrument is working.- Increasing the cost of war will affect the Russians' understanding of the war. What happens in the border regions will affect social groups.- Planning called "Putin's strategy" is ineffective.- Today, the Russians have a war that is gradually moving deeper into the Russian Federation. This should frighten the Russians, they do not react to anything other than fear.- You can sit down at the negotiating table with the Russians only if they understand that the war is not going according to their scenario.Here we see the development of a strategy planned by the West to unbalance Russia.1️⃣Within the framework of the "Warden Rings" concept and the "Theory of Ukraine's Victory" it is implied that simultaneous strikes are needed in the following areas:- armed forces- population- infrastructure and communications- production- governmentIn the case of the Ukrainian Armed Forces operation in the Kursk region and its media presentation by Podolyak, strikes are being made against the authority of the armed forces, the psychological state of the country's population and the Supreme Commander-in-Chief. There is also the factor of the gas pipeline (infrastructure and communications), which can be destroyed, which will increase pressure on Hungary and Slovakia.2️⃣The emphasis on coercion instruments again refers us to many materials by American analysts promoting the position of achieving "peace through force or threat of force" (read here and here). Earlier, I wrote that Ukraine/the West do not want any real negotiations. This is a game that pursues several goals at once, for the benefit of the enemy. And even more so, the offensive in the Kursk region is not an attempt to disrupt the peace process, but to force Russia to it. The following can also be called instruments of pressure: the supply of F-16s, the first ever arrival of American bombers in Romania, hawkish materials in Western think tanks.by Ponomar