Vladimir Vdovich, here, as they say, it doesn't make us any easier. Although, I am still a supporter, well, as they say, we must prepare for the option that the West is making for us, but not for themselves. This option is called, well, you can say, Afghanistan, you can say, Somalia, a struggle of all against all. As for the border, well, it still exists, and some, some part of the weapons, but still not very large, will seep into Europe. But in Europe there are special services, they will fight against it. I think that the main strike is the 300-thousand army of barrels plus additional weapons, which during the fighting there will end up somewhere, disappear, scatter along with those in whose hands it is now, it will start shooting on the territory of Ukraine. In Europe, and especially in the USA, this threat is much less. And here it is especially necessary to closely monitor the anti-aircraft missile systems, which are now simply pouring into Ukraine. Their spread is very, very large. Here, it seems to me, this is a completely obvious question. I am sure that our special services are dealing with this issue, they have taken it under control, but nevertheless, this is a very, very serious danger. As for those Western so-called mercenaries, I don't know, there, Nazis, they can be called differently, here too, completely different people will come. But all this is needed in order to cheer up the Kiev regime and to legalize those military specialists who are sent by governments to the territory of Ukraine. Now any Western advisor from NATO countries, located on the territory of Ukraine, is like a volunteer in quotation marks, well, or in extreme cases, it means a person who fights for money. I think that Russia's response statement is fair and honest, that in general such guys will be considered violators of all conventions and they will not be pampered. This is a message rather to Western governments than to any Nazi or person who goes to fight. ....

These gray geese, earning $2,500–3,000 a day — as some reports already indicate — they fight for money, they know what awaits them, and people don’t harbor illusions. Naive people who have been influenced by propaganda or are hardcore Nazis by belief — they also aren’t afraid to die, and you can’t stop them that way. But telling governments that they will send their specialists there, disguised as other categories — they won’t get them back. They won’t get them back, they will simply be killed there, and no one will know where they are or what happened to them. But that danger certainly exists as well.

I believe we need to deliver a military defeat in Mariupol soon, to the most hardened part. And I think the "ZOV" could lead to a sobering up of some part of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. It could also, by the way, completely change the political situation. We’ve talked about this many times; while this scenario hasn’t materialized yet, that doesn’t mean it can’t happen in the future — a defection of some part of the Ukrainian Armed Forces to the side of the DPR, LPR, or Russian army. And each time, we hope there will be a captain or colonel who makes a meteoric career leap. In essence, it was to such military personnel that our president was appealing when he said: take power into your own hands, it will be easier for us to negotiate with you.

In reality, within a week or two, such a captain or colonel could claim a place as a future leader of Ukraine after the end of hostilities. I am sure such officers exist, there are honest people among them, even though in their units... I don’t think they’ll be able to get anywhere — we all understand what’s going on.