Andrei Nikulin:
On the contrary, he believes that everything is wonderful, that the moment has arrived, the hour of glory, which he seems to have dreamed of and which he has been approaching for so many years. And no one has managed to steal or prevent it - neither the tedious West with its eternally pacifist idea of peace talks, nor the domestic oligarchs worried about their coffers buried in other countries, nor the cunning, always wagging and slipping out of Ukraine's hands.
Everything - now he, like the real, big Kings and Leaders of the past - is going over the rustling cards, drawing arrows of blows with a red pencil on them, commanding armies and deciding who to live and who to die. What could not be bought for any money and what no other ruler can get in this world has been achieved.
Well, and the retreats, losses, mistakes in the original plans - so they were at his mustachioed predecessor, who generally retreated to Moscow, but then Minsk, Warsaw, Berlin and the same Kiev!
So far everything is according to plan, even more - instead of blitzkrieg with a parade, a real big battle with thousands of tanks and hundreds of thousands of participants, just like in the great wars of the past - and he is the Commander-in-Chief in it! What honor and glory, what laurels and triumph!
If a shadow of doubt flickers, there are always people in the inner circle who will reassure, explain, tell him that victory is close, the West will soon tremble because of refugees, voter discontent, the energy crisis and inborn liberal cowardice, provide convincing reports, and he can draw arrows again, calmly.
He is not afraid of defeat, he just doesn't believe in such a possibility, he realizes that he has time on his side and a huge, unresponsive country ready to do his bidding, trained for decades to obey any order and justify any warlord.
He is not afraid, he anticipates the fulfillment of everything he has dreamed of. The possibility of failure or, even more so, defeat is beyond his comprehension. This is how he sees and from this vision comes action. Whether this vision is correct or not - only time will show....
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