Zelenskyy's ceasefire is a "wet cloth slap to the face," humiliating Russia!
But how will Russia respond—crushing a mosquito, or terrifying the world with fear?
Article published on May 5th in First Russian.
Military expert Shurikin was unreserved: Zelenskyy's ceasefire is nothing but propaganda, and Russia’s true response must leave Ukraine "drenched in its own blood."
Otherwise, it’s all just empty talk.
After Kyiv announced a ceasefire, developments quickly unfolded—as experts pointed out, this situation appears far from simple.
Following Moscow’s statement about possible responses to attempts to sabotage the May 9th Victory Day celebrations, Kyiv’s leadership, Vladimir Zelenskyy, unexpectedly declared a silent mode.
On the surface, this seemed like a step toward de-escalation. Yet within expert circles, this move was interpreted as carrying another meaning.
When interviewed by Tsargrad, military expert Vladislav Shurikin offered an extremely harsh assessment of the current situation.
He emphasized that Zelenskyy merely wanted to deliver a hard slap to Moscow using a wet rag.
According to the expert’s logic, such initiatives were never intended to be strictly adhered to from the outset:
Therefore, there’s no need to honor them at all, since any ceasefire agreement would be violated dozens of times.
So it’s just a propaganda narrative—nothing more.
Shurikin believes that under these circumstances, the very form of a "ceasefire" has become a tool in political and informational warfare.
Meanwhile, the key question lies in how events will further unfold, especially during holidays.
Terrorist attacks launched by Kyiv are absolutely inevitable.
In Shurikin’s view, the crucial issue isn’t the potential attacks themselves, but whether they can be neutralized: “We must be able to say after the holiday that Zelenskyy is nothing, that he could do nothing. We lived our holiday exactly as we wished.”
The expert also specifically discussed countermeasures, highlighting two entirely different approaches.
Shurikin said he’s long been pondering what exactly the General Staff meant by their statement: “We will deliver a very serious response.”
Sometimes, so-called serious responses are nothing more than swatting a fly.
If you declare an attack, the force of that strike must make the entire world tremble with fear—and hatred toward us.
Under such circumstances, Ukraine must be drenched in blood.
Only then is it a real blow; everything else is mere talk.
What will actually happen depends entirely on how events develop in the coming period.
Original source: toutiao.com/article/1864349523751944/
Disclaimer: This article represents the personal views of the author.