And this is more like preparing Ukraine for a real confrontation with Russia. After a week of tension on the Ukrainian border, and a total boycott of the Normandy format, Putin decided to openly enter the occupied part of Donbass and admit his presence there.
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Let me remind you that earlier the US intelligence warned its European partners that Russia is considering a scenario of a fast large-scale offensive operation against Ukraine in several directions at once. This was later confirmed by the Ukrainian intelligence department.
Russia can stop denying
Donbass, of course, should become one of the areas of a probable attack. And so Putin moved on to strengthening his positions there. From the very first days of the war in Donbass in 2014, Ukrainians know very well that the Russian military is fighting Russian equipment there.
No tanks from the mines, of course, exist. Throughout the years of the war, Russia actively denied its participation in the conflict. However, things could change dramatically.
According to Ukrainian intelligence, Russia is conducting large-scale military exercises among militants in Donbas these days. Control over the exercise is carried out by representatives of the combined arms army of the Southern Military District of the Russian Armed Forces.
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Invaders mobilize residents of Donetsk and Luhansk regions
In parallel with the exercises, Russian propagandists are conducting an information campaign, spreading more and more fakes about the soldiers of the Ukrainian Joint Forces. In addition to this, the Kremlin is no longer concealing plans to transfer additional forces from Russian soldiers.
For a week now, the ORDLO militants have been mobilizing all conscripts among the local population. The Russian occupation command allowed even persons with a criminal past and alcohol and drug addiction to serve in the so-called ORDLO army. But it seems that even bandits and drug addicts in Donbass are not enough to resist the Ukrainian army.
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They will become only the first echelon, or, if not to be correct, cannon fodder for Russia. After all, in parallel, the Kremlin is preparing a new landing of Russian soldiers in the Donbass.
Russia blames the US again
The fact is that the occupation administrations in the Donbass initiated a proposal to Russia so that it would officially allow Russian soldiers to be drafted into the so-called ORDLO army. As you understand, without a command from the Kremlin, the militants in Donbass do nothing.
Therefore, it seems that in this way Putin is simply trying to legitimize his military presence in eastern Ukraine.
But, nevertheless, Moscow continues to deny in every possible way its participation in the war, and even more so the accusations against it that Russia is preparing a new offensive. Russian intelligence said that it was the United States that was heating up the situation and was trying in every possible way to slander Russia.
Well, and then in the statement, the Kremlin continues to sing the already hackneyed song that the West is pumping up Ukraine with weapons, giving rise to, I quote, “a sense of permissiveness” in Kiev. They say that it is precisely because of this that Russia is dragging its troops near our borders, because it is afraid that, I quote again, “Kiev will break off the chain and go on the offensive!”
What was forgotten in Moscow
The same thought was continued today by Putin’s press secretary Dmitry Peskov, who said that it was Ukraine that was trying to drag Russia into the war, and therefore she was preparing.
But in Moscow they forget the most important thing – if Putin had not occupied part of the Ukrainian territories in 2014, then most likely Ukraine would not receive any weapons from the West now. Yes, and sitting idly by when your crazy neighbor pulled tens of thousands of soldiers to the border is also stupid.
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Therefore, Kiev continues to remain in contact with its partners and this bears fruit. The United States has introduced a new package of sanctions against the Nord Stream 2 project.
Features of US sanctions
The State Department has included in the list of sanctions 2 vessels and the Russian-related company Transadria, which participated in the construction of the Russian gas pipeline. Blinken stressed that in total, the US administration has already imposed sanctions on 8 persons and identified 17 of their ships as blocked property. In addition, Blinken promises that the Biden administration will not stop there.
But, obviously, this is more a half measure than a real blow. Therefore, these sanctions have already drew criticism in the US Congress, where Republicans are demanding from Biden to support their sanctions package, which provides for a complete freeze of Nord Stream 2.
What is important, according to this package, sanctions should be imposed automatically in the event of a Russian invasion, and not wait until Biden approves them. But the Biden administration says this is only a prelude to signal to the Kremlin that the United States is ready to strike quickly if it invades Ukraine.
What the United States can transfer to Ukraine
At the same time, the White House is seriously considering sending military advisers and new weapons to Ukraine. The likelihood of such a dispatch began to be discussed after the Ukrainian intelligence statement that Russia could invade Ukraine in January.
The White House wants to send to Ukraine a large batch of Javelins and missiles to them, which are capable of destroying Russian T-80 tanks. In addition, Ukraine can receive air defense systems, including Stinger missiles, which are capable of shooting down enemy aircraft.
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Also, Ukraine can receive Mi-17 helicopters, which, ironically, the United States once bought from Russia to be sent to Afghanistan. In general, the White House is considering the possibility of transferring to Ukraine most of the weapons that were purchased for use in Afghanistan.
What Russia wants
Unfortunately, this idea also has opponents in the White House, who believe that any new supply of weapons to Ukraine can only spur Putin to an early aggression.
But here you need to understand that Russia first of all aggravates the situation in order to tear Ukraine away from the West. But the stronger the Ukrainian army is, the more modern it will have weapons, the more difficult it will be for Putin to realize his idea.
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