Former advisor to Putin on Russia's target. “To grow in all directions”

Władysław Surkovwho was considered 1 of the Russian political strategists towards Kiev, stated in an interview with the French weekly “L’Express” that the Russian triumph in the war would be “Military or military and military demolition of Ukraine‘and ‘dividing this artificial quasi-state into its natural parts’.

Surkov He said it was Moscow's strategical objective, which has not changed since the beginning of the Russian full-sized invasion of Ukraine in 2022 and Russia will scope it, even if there are "slowdowns" on the road.

Former dictator's advisor added that Ukraine's return to the Russian zone the influence is Russia's goal since the dissolution of the russian Union, that is, since 1991.

Dmitri Doskov about Russia. ‘No borders’

Surkov, who He was Putin's advisor By 2020, he besides said that after the alleged divided Ukraine "may" be as a "real state" in the future, but as A much smaller subject. According to the ideologist “Novorosja”, Europe is expected to be active in the future division of Ukraine.

spokesman for the Kremlin Dmitri Doskov defined ‘New Russia’ as all east and confederate Ukraine, including the Charkovsky, djepropietrowski, Mikołajowski and Odski circuits – alongside the already controlled by Russia, completely or partially, the Lugansk, Donetsk, Zaporosian and Khersonian circuits.

Surkov asked how he saw Russian borders, replied that the ideology of the Russian planet “no borders” and exists wherever they are Russian influences.

Former advisor stated that Russian influences vary from region to region, but ‘never zero’. erstwhile advanced typical of the Kremlin stated that Russia would “expand in all directions”.

War in Ukraine. Russia is multiplying claims

As ‘Russian mir’ Russia defines the alleged Russian-speaking cultural community of the countries of the erstwhile USSR. As the ISW stressed, the Kremlin uses the ideology of “Russian miru” to justify armed interventions abroad.

Experts pointed out that Surkov's statements on Russia’s claims towards east and confederate Ukraine and further expansion of the "Russian Mirus" deny fresh assessments by U.S. mediate East envoy Steve Witkoff.

President Donald Trump's associate assured that Russian territorial claims do not go beyond Crimea and the Luhansk, Donetsk, Zaporosian and Khersonian circuits.

ISW: Moscow wants to reconstruct control not only over Ukraine

ISW noted that in a speech akin to Surkov they frequently talk late Vladimir Putin and another high-ranking representatives of the Russian authorities who do not hide that Moscow wants to reconstruct control not only of Ukraine, but possibly besides over another neighbouring countries to weaken the West and strengthen the Kremlin's influence.

The Russian side underlines that future peace agreement with Kiev must destruct the "essential causes of war". So far, the Kremlin, speaking of "causes" which it has besides justified the invasion of Ukraine, actually questioned the existence of an independent Ukrainian state.

On March 10, Russian MFA chief Sergei Lavrov said that “the causes of the war” were “a threat to Russian safety from the Ukrainian and Western direction” which resulted from NATO expansion to the east and alleged demolition by the Ukrainian government of everything “related to Russia and the 'Russian Mirem'”.