Posted on 01/21/2023 5:05:58 PM PST by JonPreston
Ukraine is braced for a major new offensive that could begin within weeks. One of President Zelensky’s key insiders told The Daily Beast that they expect a looming Russian move to encircle the country with a simultaneous attack on three fronts.
Rustem Umerov, a member of the team negotiating with Russia, said the Kremlin was preparing for a fresh advance which could begin as soon as February. The assault would come from the north, over the Belarusian border, from the Russian strongholds in the east of Ukraine, and from the south, where the Black Sea peninsula of Crimea was seized by Vladimir Putin’s forces in 2014 and nearby cities of Melitopol and Zaporizhzhia are now also under Russian control.
“Russians are encircling us from 240 degrees, attacking from the Black Sea, from Belarus and the Luhansk and Donetsk regions,” Umerov said.
Russia declared its first victory in the war for months this week, claiming they had taken the salt-mining town of Soledar in Donetsk. There is still some dispute as to whether fighting continues for control of the town but the Russians have clearly made territorial gains—at a huge cost.
I am ready for it to be over with..
Interesting Greek news source. Can’t find much on it.
Isn’t really anything new about this. it’s anticipated.
Screwing with the Russian Bear on it’s home front. Has been tried before, a no win situation. Not our business, wish the war mongers in Washington would figure that out. I won’t hold my breath.
A whole lot of fighting is now being done for THE Ukraine by foreign mercs.
It’s FROM the Ukes.
They’re fund raising.
He said in Sept 2022.....After the victory, Ukraine will be the next magnet for investors.
Lol.............I was going to read this until I saw who wrote it.
excerpted from today’s “moonofalabama.”
“..Ukraine - Russian Army Activates Southern Front
The long expected Russian offensive in Ukraine has begun.
The Ukrainian army, egged on by its U.S. controllers, had put most of its resource into the static defense of the Bakhmut (Artyomovsk) - Soledar sector of the eastern front. An insane number of Ukrainian brigades, though many partially depleted, were concentrated on that 50 kilometer long front. This left other sectors nearly empty of Ukrainian troops...”
“I am ready for it to be over with..”
That’s easy for you to say, as you are not a participant. I mean, this is a war — and, for Ukraine, an existential one.
This is not some boring speech by a monotonal droner who lost you after the first two minutes.
“Screwing with the Russian Bear on it’s home front.”
No, it’s in UKRAINE’s home front.
“A whole lot of fighting is now being done for THE Ukraine by foreign mercs.”
A whole lot of fighting is now being done for THE Russians by foreign mercs (ex. the Wagner Group, of whom many are foreigners).
“Not our business, wish the war mongers in Washington would figure that out.”
Wars tend to keep Presidents voted-in...
The Ukraine is losing ground rapidly now and soon the Russians will have most of the area east of Dnipro, north to east of Kharkiv.
Either Pig Face Bidet sends in US troops to join the Poles fighting there or THE Ukraine is done.
Lol...no there isn't.
Screwing with the Russian Bear on it’s home front. Has been tried before, a no win situation. Not our business, wish the war mongers in Washington would figure that out. I won’t hold my breath.
Russia threatening to nuke us “isn’t out business”? So weak. It shouldn’t be a surprise we’re losing with so many conservatives broken and defeated into submissively surrendering to the mass murdering maniac in Kremlin.
Which are you betting on?
Poland has been preparing for war for months.
I think we continue to sacrifice others and send them.
Because we want war with China next, and we might need our troops for that.
Gee do ya think maybe the threat has to do with our involvement???😂😂😂😂
https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/proto-thema/
Right wing with murky ownership and funding that doesn’t match up with their circulation numbers. Meaning they get paid to publish.
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