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Putin to deliver a limited strike on Ukraine to include Kiev
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.

The leaders of the two breakaway republics, Lugansk and Donetsk, as well as Ukrainian politicians used to do this twice a year: that Lugansk and Donetsk forces would launch an offensive to takeover more of Ukraine.

Twice a year. For six years.

This bit of semiannual Kabuki theater was one of the reasons I quit reporting on the civil war there. Stew from the GULAG would be more attractive than the plate of bullshit they were serving.

[Rusvesna] Analysts say Putin will now almost certainly launch a limited strike over the next ten days, which could include an attack on the Ukrainian capital's three million people. The message about the "almost inevitable war" was accompanied by the latest map of the 'Russian attack.'

Voenkor Mikhail Andronik in his Telegram channel "Warrior of the 2nd category" drew attention to a curious detail:

"On the fresh map of the 'attack' on Ukraine, The Sun completely surrendered the Donetsk and Lugansk regions of the LDNR. Like this! And the war hasn't even started yet."

And although part of the territory of the LPR occupied by Kiev in the north was still left unshaded - in blue, the rest of the territory of Ukraine, the territory of the DPR along the borders of the former region is already shown completely non-Ukrainian.

The situation with the Kharkiv region also attracts attention. If you look at the directions of 'attacks,' according to The Sun, from the territory of Crimea, the Republics of Donbass, as well as the Belgorod region to the central regions of Ukraine, then the Kharkiv region stands apart, outside the directions of the “advancement of Russian troops."

From a commenter on V Kontakte: Sanctions will soon be issued for not attacking.


Posted by: badanov 2022-01-25
http://www.rantburg.com/poparticle.php?ID=623244