Russian → English transcript

And here is the question: are we winning under this condition, so to speak,

in these conditions?

Well, it is clear that we have ended up in a situation where...

... well, the war has already dragged on in a very dangerous way.

All the limits, as they say... ...

all the time limits have been exhausted.

The strength of the economy has also been exhausted......

it is now cracking, how dangerously. Only in Ukraine.

Right now we need to achieve victory very quickly. For the Russian Federation,

to cope with all these challenges. And how do we do that? Are we winning?

Yes? All right, fine, let us say. So let us assume that...

... to separate them, so to speak, to cut off power to Ukraine... ...

without touching the decision- making centers, so to speak,

the leaders personally... ... without mining ports, without touching

the railway hubs, the bridges there, and so on... ... this alone can achieve it.

And I immediately have a question:

And you… Why did you wait four years then? Now let's remember, when did we even

first hear… … statements that strikes would be carried out on Ukraine's

energy system. It was autumn, it was October 2022, remember, the explosion on the

Crimean Bridge.

What were you waiting for over three years? If everything comes down to three…

to shutting down just three nuclear plants. Then why were all those assaults… …

first the meat- grinder frontal ones, now, of course,

infiltration and so on and so on. Why destroy so many cities, so to speak,

in the fighting for them…… if you could have accordingly carr… carried out… …

what is called this operation

to shut down the nuclear plants. What was all this for? These more than

three years with enormous costs. So… And we have, what is it Medvedev says… …

we have a permanent number at the front of 750

thirty thousand people. We recruit about 300

thousand and change, and have for three years.

So it was 300 thousand in 2023... ... 320 in 2024,

and by the end of 2025... ... Medvedev said: we recruited

340 thousand. Plus another 300 thousand mobilized,

plus 200 thousand at the start of the operation...... in total, I think,

if I am not mistaken, he counted one million 460. And at the front there are only

750 and 750.

You know, I think that these 900 thousand in difference...

that is the real price of the war. And of course, it is not only the dead...

... not only, so to speak... above all, it is the wounded, the maimed. So.

What was all this for? When it could have been done, as they say...

with three precision strikes, so to speak, to do it.

But no, we will wait, of course, for God’s sake.

But where is the mining of the ports, for heaven’s sake? At the same time.

Because in fact,

electricity can actually be transferred to Ukraine…… from Europe,

of course, people there will hardly be living large……

all of this will not be going in the best way… … but the shops for, so to speak,

producing drones will keep running…… on what is called……

this kind of export…

… export electricity. Well, we will wait and see.

I also think this will not be a solution to the problems, accordingly.