Leonkov Doesn't Hold Back.

He gave a very substantive interview to Ukraina.ru, which I strongly suggest anyone who reads this blog to look at. Use Google Translate. Here is the piece which is of utter importance for Russia's strategic planning. No, not just land bridge to Transnistria--this has been discussed often, by yours truly too. But, get a load of this:

Сразу после окончания СВО Запад не сможет воевать с нами. У него нет подготовленной армии, он не накопит нужного количества ресурсов, у него нет планов войны с Россией. У него есть только обрывки домыслов и догадок. Эти три фактора делают войну с НАТО маловероятной. Понятно, что США могут подтолкнуть европейцев к безумным шагам. Но на экономическом и дипломатическом фронте у нас работают специалисты, которые постараются их от этого удержать. И СВО приведет к процессам, которые приведут к расколу Евросоюза и НАТО. Если мы пробьем сухопутный коридор к Венгрии, то на эту ось примагнитится Сербия. А за ней могут пойти Словакия и Румыния, где происходят очень интересные процессы. Восточная Европа начнет откалываться от старушки Европы, которая будет пребывать в сильной депрессии, связанной с экономическим положением. Ведь Европа не терпит поражение не только на восточном фронте, но и на глобальном юге (с Китаем у нее не так все просто).

Translation: Immediately after the end of the Special Military Operation, the West will not be able to fight with us. It does not have a trained army, it will not accumulate the required amount of resources, it has no plans for war with Russia. It only has scraps of speculation and guesswork. These three factors make war with NATO unlikely. It is clear that the United States can push the Europeans to take crazy steps. But on the economic and diplomatic front we have specialists who will try to keep them from doing this. And the NWO will lead to processes that will lead to a split in the European Union and NATO. If we break through a land corridor to Hungary, then Serbia will be magnetized to this axis. And it can be followed by Slovakia and Romania, where very interesting processes are taking place. Eastern Europe will begin to break away from old Europe, which will be severely depressed due to the economic situation. After all, Europe is  defeated not only on the eastern front, but also in the global south (it is not so simple with China).

 

Consider this: Romania, Hungary, Slovakia and Serbia have a combined population of roughly 42 million. This is substantial, it is also a promising market--make your own conclusion. As I already stated many times, Russia doesn't need love or obedience, Russia is interested in trade with people who still recognize that there are only two genders. Simple as that. Once the land bridge is built, European structure changes dramatically. Old Europe can go and die.