Russia is trying to buy more time to ensure the success of the current offensive by the Syrian Army, telling the United States of its willingness to resume peace talks unilaterally ended by Syrian president Bashar al-Assad last week.

Analysts said Russia and Assad are now convinced they can win the war against a hodge-podge of rebel groups, including Kurds, U.S.-backed rebels, ISIL and other Islamic terrorist groups.

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The massive Syrian Army offensive against the city of Aleppo supported by the heaviest and most indiscriminate aerial bombing in the five-year old Syrian civil war indicates an all-out push -- perhaps a final offensive -- to win the war for Russia and Assad.

What Russia and Assad now desperately need is more time for the offensive to continue. Pursuing a new round of "peace talks" with a gullible United States will give Russia and Assad the time they need to secure a decisive military victory that will end the war.

The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation said Sept. 28 it's ready to resume contacts with its U.S. counterparts over the situation in Syria. This seems to follow a threat yesterday  by U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry to suspend cooperation with Russia unless the offensive against Aleppo ends.

Lt. Gen. Viktor Poznikhir of the military's General Staff said Russian experts are ready to travel to Geneva, Switzerland to restart consultations with the U.S. to "search for possible ways of normalizing the situation in Aleppo."

A U.S.-Russian truce in Syria collapsed last week when the Syrian government backed by Russian warplanes launched an offensive to conquer all of Aleppo.

Kerry threatened to "suspend U.S.-Russia bilateral engagement on Syria," including talks on a proposed counter-extremist partnership, unless Russian and Syrian government attacks on Aleppo end.

"It's expected that Russian experts will be sent to Geneva shortly to resume consultations with the American side," said Gen. Poznikhir. "We hope that American partners are also ready for joint work."

The Russians are expected to allow the new talks to drag on but won't grant a ceasefire until victory for Assad is in sight.

TagsRussia, Syrian Army, Aleppo, Bashar al-Assad, Secretary of State John Kerry, Lt. Gen. Viktor Poznikhir