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Russia preparing to attack Ukraine by late January: Ukraine defense agency chief
- thuccess129 5y agoGoing earlier has the advantage of fighting a 79 year old POTUS before he dies like the Soviet era elderly leader of the Communist Party. Fighting and winning through all of the winter will go down well in the history books, forever.
- simonblack 5y agoIf the Ukraine defense agency chief said it, 5 gets you 10 it won't happen. Apart from that, why the fuck would anybody attack in the appalling conditions of late January? When the Russians attack, they move in Late November-Early December.
- belter 5y agoThe article misses they most important information that should be part of it. Why would Russia attack Ukraine? The build up of troops is however undeniable: "Satellite images show new Russian military buildup near Ukraine" https://www.politico.com/news/2021/11/01/satellite-russia-ukraine-military-518337 https://www.politico.com/news/2021/11/01/satellite-russia-uk...
- pbaka 5y agoJust look on a map. Yelnya is halfway between Minsk and Moscow, in Smolensk oblast. It's on the approach to Moscow if you are invading, and where some of the hardest fighting between the Red Army and the Wehrmacht took place, defending the capital. Not quite exactly "on the border of Ukraine, ready to invade Kiev" (that would be around Belgorod, Briansk, Voronez, Koursk), more like "ready to intervene in case of the kerfuffle betwen Minsk and Warsaw escalates". This is pure posturing by Ukraine, so people forget they'll freeze for lack of Russian and anybody else's gas this winter.
- a0-prw 5y agoUkraine is going to learn that being the US' friend is more dangerous than being its enemy.