Hi Yuri,
It's all bs, Wishful thinking.
You're clutching at straws, and there's an opposing argument to everything you say.

"Russia today is far from the strong, stable power that pro-Kremlin voices like to present. In reality, the country is grappling with deep economic, military, and social problems that raise serious questions about the durability of Putin’s regime."

- Only if the West succeeds in undermining it, like they did to Ukraine already, kept the frienship with Banderites since USSR, engineered the Maidan, overthrew Viktor Yanukovych, Victoria Nuland even admitted the 5bln USAID, Soros Open Society foundation, Civil Society and running the operation out of the U.S. Embassy in Kyiv.
Brits were in on it big time as well.
Now you have a million dead and you lost a big chunk of your country, and 2/3 of Ukraines population have fled, should've just accepted the Minsk agreements.

"The economy survives largely on oil and gas revenue, but sanctions, shrinking markets, and technological isolation are steadily eroding its foundations."

No, it doesn't it's like 15% of GDP, you make out like it's 80%
And Sanctions were a form of economic war in an of itself.
But the US handing out sanctions left and right, has just made nations run away from the dollar even faster.
The west is destroying itself and faith in the reserve currency.
BRICS accounts for majority of the worlds population, and has greater GDP than G7. And Europe has suffered more economically than Russia.

Russia now struggles to replace advanced components for industry and defence, while inflation, workforce shortages, and the exodus of hundreds of thousands of skilled citizens have weakened its long-term prospects.

Worplace shortages...
That means they have close to full employment and are being paid more than ever, yes inflations not good, but everywhere faces that.
China has said they won't allow Russia to lose.
They are the worlds manufacturing centre.
And they have all the supply of rare earths, which the West relies on for military production.
Russia has everything it needs and China won the trade war.
Ukraines exodus is in the tens of millions.

"Socially, the situation is no better. Russia faces one of the world’s fastest-declining populations, growing poverty, and widening inequality."
- Russia lost 28 million in WWII, they were on their knees at the fall of the USSR, I'm sure they will endure.
"The ongoing war has brought home both casualties and disillusionment."
As would any war, hows your lot fairing?

"Militarily, the war in Ukraine has exposed enormous weaknesses. Despite massive spending, Russia has failed to achieve decisive success."
- Because they are not primarily focussed on taking territory, like Ukraine does when they lost hundreds of thousands of men, defending cities they lost eventually anyway.
They're focussed on breaking the back of the Ukrainian military, and when this happens they will take all the territory they want.

"Heavy losses in equipment and personnel, corruption in procurement, and chronic logistical failures undermine the image of a modern, competent fighting force."

Tuck your narrative into your pocket.
I don't believe Ukraines KIA statistics.
At least the Russians are procuring, you are not.
How can you possibly take back territory without air superiority, Backing up your troops moving forward.
You played this game already, and lost.
You don't even have adequete air defense anymore.
You don't even have electricity.
You're being polverised into submission.
As for procurement, I'm sure America has you penciled in for deliveries around 2027 if you last that long (doubtful)

"Politically, the regime is increasingly brittle. Factional infighting, purges of generals, and the dependence on private armies and regional strongmen highlight how fragile the system has become."

narrative, narrative, narrative.
Whinge, whinge whinge.
Wagner... Kadyrov...
If anything Russians want Putin to go harder and put you lot out of your misery, no offense.
I'm sure that comes off as insensitive, to your country and countrymen, sorry.

"Putin’s authority rests on projecting control and victory; prolonged economic contraction and military stalemate threaten both."
- There is no military stalemate, another false narrative.

Russias become more proud and independent now that it's less reliant on the West, making all their own things again, from commercial planes to turbines, even tyres. The West has not only lost those markets hastening it's own demise, but now has more competitors for products it previously had a monopoly on.

Todays news.

Kiev Regime Falls Apart; Calls Yermak To Go Umerov In US Ministers Flee; Huge Strike Siversk Stormed
http://youtu.be/Bvpph1rt_04

The Ship Has Sunk - The First Five Have Already Fled Massive Strike Military Summary 19.11.2025
http://youtu.be/kisvqzKVkBA

Zelenskys headed to Istanbul, wants to re-establish dialogue with Russians.
Maybe he's ready to accept Russian demands, but as usual it'll probably be some ruse.
If it were me, I'd be going all the way to the Dnieper, and stationing a few hundred thousand troops outside Kiev, just in case you or America tries this crap again, which you probably will.
And I'd be taking Kharkiv and Odessa as well.
You had your chance for an end to the conflict years ago, from the beginning and even before it started.
Neither Ukraine who attacks civilians inside Russia or the USA can be trusted to keep their word.

No ceasefire.
Accept the terms, No NATO, and demilitarised, and a new security architecture for Russia / Eastern Europe / Central Asia that respects all parties security needs, or continue to be pummelled into submission.

You conducted terrorist attacks inside Russia putting bloggers and people on social media on hitlists.
No quarter should be given.
I'm sorry for what's happened to your country, trusting the US.
I told you years ago you jumped out of the frypan and into the fire.

Henry Kissinger — 'It may be dangerous to be America's enemy, but to be America's friend is fatal.'

The Americans don't care about you, none of them do, you are just a means to hurt Russia, while everyone else has their snouts in the trough.

Go read Extending Russia from 2019.
I'm sure it says in there somewhere that there was a risk things might go pear-shaped.
The emphasis was always on the overthrow, succeed and they might have ended up with a real hardliner takin Putins place.
He is a moderate, after all.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/research_reports/RR3063.html

Well Kupiansk has been lost, Ukraine won't be getting it back.
Siversk has probably been lost, and Ukraine won't be getting it back.
Russians are 2 klm from Lyman, and closing in on Huliaipole.

Let me ask you Yuri,
What if you had some kind of cancer or disease in your foot.
Do you accept it and get it amputated, or do you wait hoping the situation will change and risk losing half your leg?

The Russians aren't going to give you a ceasefire and a chance to rearm.
They know your 'Victory plan' and they're not going for it.
They will not accept Zelenskys peace plan.
I'm not even sure there's any hope of them accepting Trumps plan.
They don't have to, they will keep grinding you down until you have nothing left to negotiate with and have to accept their terms.

Besides that, any security guarantee is exactly the same as joining NATO, which was what this whole war was over, and all it takes is one convincing false flag to blame on Russia, have the Ukrainians fire off some artillery and next minute USA is dragged in to fight Russia, Trump might be stupid, but the Russians aren't.

The entire war has been a fools errand.
Did you think they would let you take Sevastopol and their Black Sea Naval base?
That they would let the West make the Black Sea their private NATO lake, and box them into the Sea of Azov?
Did you really think they would allow you to become a NATO country and park Western nuclear weapons on their front lawn?
You got a war because you asked for it, when you let the US conduct an overthrow and install leaders loyal to the West.

You tell me, how can Ukraine stop the bleeding and regain some territory.
I just can't see it, you're already going to lose, the war is lost.
But just how badly do you really want to lose.
Kind of stupid to lose even worse than you already have to.

So the U.S. is telling you to accept this deal.
You've lost too many men, and they can't help prevent you from losing more territory.
But they are the ones who made sure that you didn't negotiate a deal earlier when you could've settled with less men and territory lost
And they are the ones who engineered the overthrow in 2014, and built up the military for war with Russia, and if you read the policy papers, their main plan was to create a situation that would use sanctions to oust Putin, but it didn't work and you've been losing men and territory for nothing.

The U.S. won't put boots on the ground and Europe couldn't put together any kind of military presence that would change the course of the conflict.
The best they could do is a few 'peacekeepers'

I may support Russia, but that only because I do not support America and its sanctions and overthrows.
I'm not your enemy, the U.S. the Brits and Europe have done this to you.