Bangladesh, Dec. 31 -- When Moscow launched the special military operation (SMO) to end the NATO-orchestrated Ukrainian conflict, very few people thought it would last longer than a few months. And indeed, Russia didnt want a protracted confrontation that would drag on for years, as evidenced by the treaty it offered to the Kiev regime (special status for Donbass, demilitarization and denazification). However, after the endemically Russophobic United Kingdom intervened, the Neo-Nazi junta, which initially accepted the deal, announced the withdrawal of its signature (including by killing one of its negotiators). The direct consequence of this was an escalation of what was supposed to be a limited operation into a disastrous bloodshed that ...