This article was originally published in Danish on September 21, 2022.

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By Povl H. Riis-Knudsen

Latest news: Russia has carried out a partial mobilization. The West calls it unacceptable and an escalation. But excuse me: The West has been pouring gasoline on this fire for months and has kept a conflict going that the West refuses to understand. Ukraine has no historical borders and is not populated solely by Ukrainians. In 2014, the West installed an illegitimate regime. The next stop is World War III. The final stop is nuclear war. The only salvation here is for the people of the West to depose their incompetent leaders and hang them from the nearest lampposts. These people are criminal offenders and traitors who are responsible for the deaths of hundreds of people every day. They have not only destroyed the West’s prosperity—they are currently steering the world toward ruin—allegedly to save a corrupt, Jewish dictatorship in a state where we have no interests. Ukraine and Russia would have long since agreed on a solution they could both live with if the West had not interfered. If this regime is not brought to an end now, the world’s doom is near! This is far more dangerous and far more destructive than any fabricated “climate crisis”!

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The euphoria in the Western press seems to know no bounds because the Russians have withdrawn from a part of the Kharkiv region—without much of a fight. They already see Russia as defeated and humiliated—indeed, divided into 10 different states. Let’s start with a bit of history: Charles XII’s army reached all the way to Poltava, Napoleon’s to Moscow—and Hitler’s all the way to the lower reaches of the Volga River. That’s where Stalingrad is. It’s a hell of a long way to Vladivostok! As it stands, the Russian troops shortened a front line with an impossible course. That withdrawal was, in a sense, planned in advance, but now it’s been accelerated. Let’s keep in mind that Russia entered Ukraine with a specific purpose: to liberate the Donbas (which is almost entirely Russian) – and to force a regime change in Kyiv, so as to secure a Ukrainian government they could live with, one that wouldn’t have to coordinate its policies with Washington, London, and Berlin. They haven’t declared war, and they haven’t mobilized the army. Only volunteers and professional soldiers are being used—and in very modest numbers. This, however, makes it necessary to use them sparingly and spare them from unnecessary losses. The Russians will likely return to the Kharkiv region. Right now, the focus is on the southern front!

The Russians see no hostility toward the Ukrainians—only toward their government. They spare the civilian population as much as possible. When they move into an area, the first thing they do is ensure the well-being of the residents—whether they are Ukrainians or Russians.

They provide them with food, restore electricity, water, etc.—and they establish a well-organized civil administration. They do not go out and persecute or punish those who identify as Ukrainians. That is how the Russians win friends. They probably did not have any plans from the start to capture the Kherson region, but that is how it turned out anyway. The entire southern coast is roughly half Russian—on average no more than that—but today, few people want to return to Ukrainian rule. Life is simply much better under the Russians.

And here we come to Zelenskyy’s main problem when he talks about “liberating” the Russian-controlled areas of what used to be Ukraine—including Crimea. After all, there is no one in these areas—or at least very few—who wants to be “liberated”—in Crimea, absolutely no one. What are we talking about here? A territory or a population? Does Zelenskyy want more land—without a population—or what is it he wants? He bombs Donetsk daily—as Ukraine has done for 8 years—resulting in 14,000 civilian deaths. Today the killing continues—now it’s just the West paying for it—and they are guilty of these senseless deaths. One must not forget that, according to Zelenskyy’s deranged so-called mind, these people are actually Ukrainian citizens—whom he is thus trying to exterminate in order to once again incorporate a depopulated territory into Ukraine. How insane can one get? And what exactly is so sacred about the borders drawn by Lenin and Stalin 100 years ago—without regard for the residents’ nationality? In fact, these borders are a constant and ongoing source of hostilities. This is currently the case between Armenia and Azerbaijan, and between Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan. Previously, it was between Uzbeks and Kyrgyz in Kyrgyzstan. Generally, everyone curses these borders.

Furthermore, Ukraine has never been an independent state. Ukraine has no historical borders. The task must surely be to divide the population by nationality, so that the Russians are allowed to join Russia—and the Ukrainians to be Ukrainians. If necessary, the populations may have to be relocated. The alternative would be to recognize that Ukraine is a multinational state, divided into regions—somewhat along Swiss lines—where the individual regions have extensive autonomy in cultural and linguistic matters. Ukraine actually agreed to this in the Minsk II agreement, and this was also confirmed during the negotiations in Istanbul, but then Boris Johnson paid an unexpected visit to Kyiv, and the agreement fell apart—resulting in up to 100,000 Europeans killed so far. And remember, it is you, who is paying for this, and you, who is responsible for the deaths of these young people. You cannot shirk that responsibility. And you will be held accountable!

Another solution would, of course, be to accept that there are two communities in Ukraine, a Russian one and a Ukrainian one—and in some places also other ethnic groups such as Hungarians, Romanians, Ruthenians, Poles, etc.—and that these have cultural and linguistic autonomy and equal rights. This was actually provided for in the original constitution when Ukraine became independent, but it was abolished after the U.S.-organized Maidan Revolution. This solution seems better to me than the canton solution, because the comparison with Switzerland doesn’t quite hold up. In Switzerland, the various population groups (at least the three major ones) are largely geographically separated. This is only true to a limited extent in Ukraine, but no one is in any doubt that Crimea and Donbas are populated by Russians. Nor is there any doubt that Khrushchev’s transfer of Crimea to Ukraine in 1954 had no legitimacy under international law, as the population had not been consulted. What the West is supporting with its war machine is, after all, a situation where populations are oppressed and systematically deprived of their cultural and linguistic rights. This is very far from the “European ideals and values” we hear so much about in this context. It is, in fact, the exact opposite.

Ukraine is today a dictatorship (or perhaps more accurately an American colony). The opposition is banned; opposition politicians are—at best—in prison. For months, there has been no contact with or sign of life from leading opposition politicians. The last time they were shown, they bore clear signs of torture and starvation. The opposition media are banned. No political discussion can take place in Ukraine. We know absolutely nothing about the extent to which the Ukrainian population supports Zelenskyy at all. The media that are published are 100% controlled by the government (in Washington). To call Ukraine a democratic state is a mockery of this already overused concept. In the West, Russian media have been banned because they are allegedly state-controlled—which is not the case, but it is clear that the special situation places certain restrictions on what can be written. In Russia, however, there is a very lively political debate.

The situation is, of course, absurd. The West swallows everything that comes from Zelensky’s office whole—without any critical sense—yet they have banned the dissemination of Russian media in the West, so people have no opportunity to form their own opinions. Ukrainian government-controlled media, by definition, speak the truth, while everything that comes from Russia is, by definition, a lie.

I have never had much faith in the free press, for I know who controls it, but I have never experienced anything like this in my now-long life. Goebbels was a true amateur by comparison. This is quite evident in connection with the situation surrounding the nuclear power plant in Zaporizhzhia. The plant is occupied and secured by the Russians, but it is still Ukrainians who are operating it (they face up to 15 years in prison for collaborating with the Russians). The plant is being shelled. The Ukrainians claim that it is the Russians who are shelling it, and the West’s “free press” parrots this. But does it make sense that the Russians would shoot at themselves and expose themselves to a nuclear accident with catastrophic consequences? No, of course not, and the Russians also have evidence that it is American ammunition they have been fired upon with. But no, of course it is still the Russians who are bombarding themselves. Meanwhile, Ukraine is bombarding the cities in the Donbas with illegal “butterfly bombs,” which are particularly fond of being scattered in playgrounds and other places where children gather. They look like toys, but are deadly or severely maiming. Between 5 and 15 civilians are killed in Donetsk every day. We hear nothing about that. It doesn’t fit the narrative.

Strictly speaking, Zelensky is a clown—in the truest sense of the word—an actor who has played the role of president and, in that capacity, delivered a lot of the right lines that were in his script. That led him to run for president, and people confused the movie with reality. That’s how primitive so-called democracy actually is. He is now in the process of slaughtering the Ukrainian people. He is forcing young men straight into the meat grinder, and since he has no men left, he is now turning to the women. It is good that so many of them have sought safety abroad. They have not fled from the Russians—for they have nothing to fear from them—they have fled from Zelensky. Let us remind ourselves of this again. Zelensky is not Ukrainian. He and his clique hate the Ukrainians—and the Russians as well—because both peoples are skeptical of Jewish power and have made the Jews feel this skepticism. Zelensky’s owners in New York and Washington are celebrating Purim every day at this time.

At the outbreak of the armed conflict, there were officially about 44 million Ukrainians (of all nationalities). Today, it is estimated that fewer than 30 million remain in Ukraine. After Ukraine took control of the areas around Izyum and the Russians fled, the Ukrainians launched outright pogroms against the population. Most Russians have fled, but the first thing the Ukrainians do is not to ensure people’s safety and well-being, but to try to find out who “collaborated” with the Russians.

And “collaboration” is defined as, for example, teachers continuing to teach, doctors continuing to treat patients, bus drivers continuing to drive buses, workers continuing to work, and so on. It also includes receiving food aid or other assistance from the Russians. There are eyewitness accounts of how men were lined up against a wall and shot, while women were raped—all of it paid for by your tax dollars. The same thing was done in Bucha after the Russians had left the city—in an attempt to pin the blame on the Russians. However, there is plenty of video footage and stacks of witness statements confirming that there were no bodies when the Russians left the area. But the Western press is so eager to jump on the politicians’ lying propaganda bandwagon that people don’t hear about this. Now we’re also hearing about a mass grave in Izyum. Yes, there has been fighting in the area, and the Ukrainians have bombed it, so it’s hardly surprising that there are dead bodies and that they’ve been buried—something the Ukrainians generally don’t care about, whether it’s their own soldiers or the enemy’s.

The Ukrainians aren’t making any friends this way. They’re spreading fear, and the flow of refugees to Russia has surged dramatically, but the question now is what happens next.

Russia could, of course, launch a full-scale war with a declaration of war, thereby opening the door to mobilizing conscripts and reserves. A total of 5 million men. They could also simply deploy the air force, bombing troop concentrations, railways, roads, cities, etc.—much like Germany did in 1945. They could also cut off gas and electricity supplies, thereby bringing down the government. There is talk that Putin might consider using tactical nuclear weapons to pacify Zelenskyy. I highly doubt that. He is not out to kill as many people as possible, but to take the government out of the picture. He doesn’t need nuclear weapons for that. At most, they would render the affected areas uninhabitable for years to come. That is not in Russia’s interest.

The Russian people aren’t in favor of a mobilization—it reminds them too much of Afghanistan—but if Zelenskyy and his gang attack Russia itself on a larger scale—they’re already doing so on a daily basis in the border regions—well, then that changes, because then it’s the motherland at stake, and the people will unite in the fight against the enemy.

Another thing we must keep in mind is that Putin is one of the doves in Russian politics. If he is weakened, it won’t be Navalny who takes over, but the hawks—and unlike Putin, they hate the West and everything that comes from there.

They will stop the war at the earliest when they reach the Polish border—at the earliest. Putin, however, must show some results both to the population and to the hawks, and it is difficult to see how he can do that in the current situation without significantly expanding the theater of war. The decisive factor, however, is not to win a few square kilometers here and there, nor to open a corridor to Transnistria. All of that will simply lead to a perpetual state of war. It will be necessary not only to occupy all of Ukraine, but to capture and eliminate the government. Otherwise, this American war, based in neighboring countries, will continue. This, of course, assumes that the West continues its massive support for Zelenskyy’s criminal activities. The winter will surely show whether the people will go along with it. It is only the West that is keeping the war going. It will fight here to the last Ukrainian to weaken Russia.

The danger of the war escalating into a Third World War is great. It must require considerable self-restraint not to bomb, for example, Germany back to 1945, which would be a fully deserved reaction. And the Germans, of all people, should—with history in mind—refrain entirely from joining Zelenskyy’s cheering squad. They killed 27 million Russians, and that has not been forgotten in Russia. They can be very glad that it is Putin sitting in the Kremlin. Putin loves Germany, but his love is currently being put to a severe test. It is difficult to keep loving when you are not loved in return, but are instead kicked to the curb.

But let us reiterate: Russia cannot be defeated without perhaps a nuclear war. But what constitutes a victory in that context? One would not be able to occupy Russia, which is twice the size of the United States. Russia has both the necessary high-quality personnel, the necessary military hardware, and the necessary raw materials to crush Ukraine in a week. If that were the goal, that is. It is not the goal, but one might be forced to do it.

Any notion of dividing Russia into 10 states is the product of a sick fantasy. Are we living in the Middle Ages? The Russians do not want to be divided into multiple states. A Social Democrat from Belarus spoke of liberating the oppressed republics within Russia. Like other social democrats, he lives detached from reality. In these roughly 20 autonomous national republics, most of which have very small populations, the largest ethnic group is usually in the minority—either because the republic comprises many different peoples, or because Russians are in the majority. Very few “natives” speak anything other than Russian, despite half-hearted attempts to keep the national languages alive. When you visit the republics—and I have visited many—you experience only a Russian identity.

Former Polish President and freedom hero Lech Wałęsa stated that the Russian population should be reduced to 50 million. Let’s just pause there for a moment… What this Nobel Peace Prize laureate is saying is that 85 million Russians must be killed. Otherwise, I find it hard to see how one could reduce the population by 85 million. The man is calling for genocide—and he is not in prison. Nor has anyone protested against it. But I am sure it has been noticed in Moscow. One can try to imagine what would happen if someone proposed decimating the Jewish population by—well, let’s just say a modest 6 million.

All things considered, however, this is not a conflict between Russia and Ukraine. Even at the collapse of the Soviet Union, Ukrainians came to NATO headquarters to place themselves at the disposal of the U.S.’s imperialist plans. It is, at its core, a conflict between the U.S. and its satellites on one side and the rest of the world on the other. And there are, of course, limits to how long Russia will accept NATO countries’ support for Zelensky’s regime in the form of arms supplies, intelligence services, training of soldiers, active combat troops “off the books,” etc. There is potential here for a nuclear war. There is a lot of talk today about “The Great Reset.” A nuclear war would be the real “Great Reset.” There will be no room left for Black Lives Matter, or those who worry about their pronouns. They will all die. These are all pseudo-problems in a pseudo-world. A nuclear war will bring the few survivors back to the fundamental problems of existence. Where will I get food from tomorrow? How long until I die of radiation sickness?

The West must stop supporting the escalation of this conflict, and the Ukrainians must seek a peace with Russia that both sides can live with. These are brothers and sisters killing each other for the benefit of the owners of the United States. This must stop!