Four years ago, when Russia launched its criminal war against Ukraine, it was confident of a quick victory. Even the American and British intelligence agencies that could accurately assess the Kremlin’s war intentions overestimated Russia’s capabilities and underestimated Ukraine’s ability to resist. Except for MI6, Western intelligence agencies believed that Kyiv’s resistance would collapse quickly and that Russia would capture Ukraine’s eastern and central regions within a few days. For this reason, some Western countries began relocating their embassies from Kyiv to western Ukraine—or in some cases, to Poland—starting from the first hours of the military operations.

Axar.az reports that these remarks were made by political analyst Khagani Jafarli.

He stated that the Biden administration even insisted on evacuating Ukrainian authorities from the capital:

"Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky rejected these proposals and remained in Kyiv, thereby disrupting Russia’s plans to change the course of history. President Zelensky’s decision to organize nationwide resistance to the invasion, along with timely intervention by the United Kingdom’s Prime Minister, the living legend of contemporary world politics Boris Johnson, not only saved Ukraine but also spared other post-Soviet countries embarking on the process of nation-building from a major disaster."

When Russia launched a full-scale war on February 24, 2022, its goal was not limited to occupying Ukraine. According to Moscow’s plan, Ukraine was to be fully captured within 14 days, and a Kremlin-aligned government under Putin’s ally Viktor Medvedchuk would be established in Kyiv. Believing in the success of this plan, Moscow had allocated one day for the occupation of Moldova and one week for each country in Central Asia and the South Caucasus. By this schedule, within a month from February 24, all these states were to be brought under Moscow’s control, creating a new military-political alliance, provisionally called “USSR 2.0.”

President Zelensky’s decision to resist, along with Boris Johnson’s unequivocal support for Ukraine, disrupted Russia’s “USSR 2.0” plan. The heroic resistance of the Ukrainian people completely destroyed Putin’s notorious “USSR 2.0” project.

The analyst emphasized that the exceptional role of the Ukrainian people’s heroic resistance against Russian aggression has brought Russia’s threat to the South Caucasus and Central Asia to its lowest level in 200 years:

"For four years, Russian media under the control of intelligence agencies and spy networks have tried to convince everyone that the cause of the war lies with the West, particularly the 'Anglo-Saxons.' The term 'Anglo-Saxons,' coined by Hitler’s propaganda minister Joseph Goebbels, was deliberately revived by the Kremlin. By reintroducing this term into political discourse and disseminating it through a massive propaganda machine, the Kremlin tries to divert attention from the entrenched racism in Russia. Those opposing Russia’s colonialist policies must focus on exposing Russian racism. This is the most accurate way to reveal Russia’s colonial agenda. To prevent this, the Kremlin’s massive propaganda machine ensures that the term 'Anglo-Saxons' remains in use."