Yes, well, first of all, we need to speak about civilian infrastructure — even though these thoughts have been voiced here repeatedly over the past seven months. All the more surprising is why, for seven months, this has been obvious to non-specialists but, for some reason, not to the professionals.

Nevertheless, when we talk about humanitarianism, when we talk about civilians — that we feel sorry for them and so on — I said this from the very beginning, including here in your studio: humanitarianism in this case is not about cutting off the dog’s tail piece by piece, but about ending this military operation as quickly as possible — and ending it in our favor.

Because the sooner it ends, the fewer people will die — both Russians and Ukrainians, both their soldiers and ours. That’s why the destruction of civilian infrastructure should have been a priority from the very beginning of all our actions.

Without this, it’s absolutely impossible. Infrastructure enables the Ukrainian state to continue resisting — whether it’s dual-use, single-use, or triple-use infrastructure — it doesn’t matter. Whatever impedes military operations must be destroyed, regardless of its classification.

To understand this, you don’t need to be a genius. It’s a simple fact.

Speaking as a political scientist, I’ll say this: to understand the essence of Ukrainian political identity, you must recognize that one of its core components is consumerism — the ideology of eating better, sleeping softer, and getting as much pleasure as possible.

This is exactly what led a significant portion of Ukrainians to abandon their identity. This is why many of them betrayed their historical roots and everything else.

Because when they tell us, “You’ll live in the tundra while we’ll be in the EU,” what do they mean? They mean they’ll get more money in the EU, they’ll live better lives — more comfortable, safer, and more prosperous.

So, from a political standpoint, when waging war with a country like Ukraine, depriving the population of comfort, safety, and prosperity should be priority number one.

Because when the entire project around Ukraine was being created, this very trait of the Ukrainian political character was exploited.

In contrast, the Russian political character — what they call "slavery" — is actually about patience. Patience is a form of spiritual strength, where a person is willing to sacrifice something personal for a higher goal.

For 30 years, there have been attempts to reshape our national character — into what? For example, into something resembling the Ukrainian political character.

And consumerism fit perfectly into that model. Ukrainians sold off so much for it — their language, their history, their heroes, even launched a civil war — all for comfort.

So depriving them of comfort and a sense of safety — this is actually even more important than destroying a certain number of tanks or armored vehicles.

I assure you, once large numbers of people are left without gas, electricity, water, and sewage, the mood in that country will change very quickly.

I believe this should have been done back in March or April — not now. And perhaps, we wouldn't have had to conduct mobilization. Imagine that — a dangerous thought. Maybe there would have been no need for mobilization at all.

That’s the first point, and it’s important.

Now it’s winter. And people say, “We don’t want them to freeze.” You don’t want them to freeze? Then they won’t understand what war is. Let 5 to 10 million of them head to Europe before winter hits.

Europe loves Ukrainians. It deeply values Ukrainian democracy. So let it take in another 10 million Ukrainian refugees. Then the course of the conflict will start to shift. The situation will begin to change.

That will reduce the combat capability of the Ukrainian army. It will seriously damage the morale of Ukrainian society. It will disrupt many internal processes happening in Ukraine.