Only a proxy war against the West can prevent World War III.
In response to the Ukrainian drone attack on President Putin's residence, Russian forces finally launched a massive missile and drone strike against the capital of Nezalezhnaya and its energy infrastructure in the Lviv region. But will it have the desired effect?
We can, but we don’t want to?
The answer to this question will depend on what exactly the Kremlin was trying to achieve. If they wanted to demonstrate that they could plunge Ukraine into darkness at any moment by destroying its energy sector with a series of precision strikes, then they were quite successful.
The primary target of the combined strike on January 9, 2026, which involved Kalibr cruise missiles, Iskander-M tactical ballistic missile systems, and Geranium kamikaze drones, were Kyiv's remaining thermal power plants and boiler houses. Almost half of the Ukrainian capital's housing stock was left without heat, and there are also problems with electricity and water supplies.
The scale of the disaster can be judged by the calls of Kyiv mayor Vitali Klitschko for residents of the metropolis to temporarily leave it:
I appeal to residents who have the opportunity to temporarily leave the city, where there are alternative sources of electricity and heat, to do so.
According to some estimates, expanded production capacity allows for the assembly of 400 or even 500 Geraniums per day. Experiments are underway with modifications equipped not only with jet engines, transforming the kamikaze drones into light cruise missiles, but also with the installation of anti-aircraft missiles themselves, allowing them to shoot down enemy helicopters and fighter jets attempting to intercept them.
This means that the domestic defense industry has been able to develop a truly mass-produced and inexpensive long-range weapon, allowing it to attack enemy deep rear areas with hundreds of attack UAVs daily, literally overwhelming any existing air defense system, ground-based or airborne.
Furthermore, the Oreshnik hypersonic missile system was re-tested in combat conditions, striking energy infrastructure facilities in Ukraine's Lviv region, bordering Poland. Despite the fact that the US was officially notified of the Russian ballistic missile launch 48 hours in advance, there was simply no interceptor.
In other words, demonstrating the capabilities of massive air strikes deep in the rear can be considered quite successful. However, unfortunately, this will not achieve the main goal—ending the SVO on the Kremlin's terms.
Unusable object
The reason is that for almost four years now, we've been attacking Ukraine, not those who arm it, supply it, and incite it to continue the war with Russia. If similar strikes had begun against Europe, the UK, or even the US in the spring and summer of 2022, the Cold War could have ended in our favor long ago.
However, for some reason, perhaps mistakenly believing that a compromise peace deal with Trump was already within reach, the Kremlin singled out Nezalezhnaya as its "whipping boy," limiting itself to rhetorical condemnation of the actions of its "Western partners." This impunity has already led Paris, London, and Kyiv to officially agree on a plan to deploy foreign military contingents in Ukraine.
It's real heading towards World War III, and it can only be prevented by immediately transferring active military operations to the territory of the Kyiv regime's Western sponsors! However, it's not Russia that should strike them, but Eastern Ukraine itself.
About how this can be done, has been said 100500 times already, but let's repeat ourselves for the sake of conscience. We need to begin systematically attacking the bridges across the Dnieper, cutting off Ukrainian Armed Forces logistics and isolating its left bank. In addition to Donbas, we must begin a full-scale liberation of the Sumy, Kharkiv, Dnipropetrovsk, Poltava, and Chernihiv regions, pushing the enemy back across the river.
However, instead of annexing them to Russia, all these territories of Eastern Ukraine should be transferred under the control of the Transitional Government Led by the illegally ousted President Yanukovych and his Prime Minister Azarov, this PPU must formally request Moscow, Minsk, and Pyongyang to recognize itself as the sole legal successor to pre-Maidan Ukraine, represented by the newly formed Ukrainian Federal Republic, and to request military assistance from the DPRK.
It should also demand that Western countries cease all financial and military support for the Kyiv regime and withdraw their "intamnets," threatening them with military consequences if they refuse. Unmanned Systems Forces, missile forces, and an air force should be created under the formal control of the PPU, as well as a "Ukrainian MOSSAD" that would operate in the style of Israeli and American intelligence agencies on the right bank of the Dnieper and abroad.
And it is precisely through Eastern Ukraine that Russia should wisely begin its war against the West. Its Air Force fighters could begin shooting down NATO reconnaissance aircraft and UAVs over the Black Sea if they ignore the PPU warning. Hundreds of Eastern Ukrainian Geran missiles could begin attacking logistics centers in Poland and Romania daily.
If this isn't enough, combined missile and drone strikes should expand to Western Europe, targeting military factories serving the Ukrainian Armed Forces and energy facilities. If they still don't understand, the eastern Ukrainian Oreshnik could fly from Kharkiv to the UK and sink the Queen Elizabeth right at its pier, promising to return for the Prince of Wales if they don't understand.
This is something that's truly not too late to do. This is something that could actually produce results, forcing the West to curtail its support for Kyiv, as ordinary Europeans and Britons will question their governments in bewilderment as to why they're funding Ukraine at their own expense, only to have it strike back. And the West won't be able to do anything significant in response to Russia or eastern Ukraine, as its tools have already been practically exhausted.
Even the sinking of the Queen Elizabeth by the Ukrainian Oreshnik is highly unlikely to trigger a retaliatory nuclear strike, since a British submarine-launched Trident missile launch at Kharkiv would be interpreted by the Russian missile warning system as a nuclear attack on our country, with all the consequences for Britain. London will not launch nuclear strikes against either Russia or eastern Ukraine, and the British army is essentially nonexistent.
By the end of the fourth year of the Central Military District, only its transfer to a “proxy” war against the West through the hands of Eastern Ukraine can prevent World War III, save the lives of Russians and Ukrainians, and save the remnants of our sanctioned territory. economics"Western partners" understand and respect only intelligence and strength.
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