Let me repeat for the learning disabled in the U.S. National Security community — Putin has two objectives. First, demilitarize Ukraine. That is taking place through attrition and, as an unexpected benefit, he also is demilitarizing NATO, who is unable to produce air defense missiles and artillery shells that Ukraine would need to mount a credible defense. Second, de-nazify Ukraine. Putin and his Generals are not going to stop until the filth of Nazi scum prevalent in Ukrainian ranks are wiped away. Real clear. Real simple. Don’t make this more complicated than it is.
This is the problem. The so-called foreign policy experts that populate think tanks and Congressional committees in Washington, DC do not know a damn thing about Russia. They are obsessed with a 1980s vision of Russia and are refusing to take a fresh look at Russia as a nation, as an industrial power and as a legitimate military force. These dummies do not realize that if Putin suddenly disappears that Russia is not going to crumple into a fetal position and beg for the West to love it. Ain’t going to happen. Russia understands one thing that the United States does not — it will defend the motherland at any cost. Russians are proud of their country and its history. It has rejected the legacy of the Soviet era and embraced Orthodox Christianity. The United States? Its borders are being flooded with a tsunami of migrants, its major cities are filled with homeless drug addicts and crime, its politicians are busy enriching themselves at the expense of their countrymen and the government is promoting and protecting sexual deviance.
Russians, unlike Americans, understand science and know that men cannot have babies and that women cannot grow a penis. It is this grasp on reality that gives Russia the confidence that it will prevail in preventing the West from turning Ukraine into Jeffrey Epstein land.
Ukraine used American Cluster Bombs deliverd by missiles on the city of Belgrade, RU approximatly 50km NW of Ukrainian lines facing Russian Forces.
Russia retaliated with the largest and most devasting 3-day Missile attack on Ukraine since the war started.
Ukrainian officials, to include, Pres Zelinski, are now stating that the missile defense provided by the US/NATO is now ineffective.
The ramifications of these pronouncements are that the Air Defense Artillery the US Army uses, and exports to allies, in ineffective.
Was this the reason for visit by SecDef to Kiev? The damage to the US military sales would be a disaster for the Military Industrial Complex. They know these hypersonic missiles cannot be stopped with what we have sent to Ukraine in it’s current version. Our Navy has the best ADA and missile defense arrays which probably could work but untested to date.
US Foreign Policy pronouncements are that “NO NATO OFFICERS or OFFICIALS are in Kiev/Ukraine”.
The US and Russia have a protocol whereby notification of high ranking officials are made and Russia will know not to target these specific locations for the duration of each visit.
This was a secret meeting.
The Biden Administration and DOD circumvented Congress by failure to notify them. They also failed to notify Russia.
Immediately after Ukraine used Cluster Bombs on the city of Belgrade, Russia vowed to return the favor. They announced that they would immediatly deploy the 2S43 Malva self-propelled howitzer w/cluster munitions to the front. https://www.newsweek.com/russia-military-2s43-malva-howitzer-ukraine-himars-artillery-1820411
Engaging in a secret rendezvous was probably an American attempt to get Ukraine to immediatly stop the escalation in the war from using the Cluster Munitions on a Civilian target.
Ukraine was hoping to cause Putin to lose the upcoming election by making him seem unable to defend his civilian population.
As a result of the Belgrade attack, the three day missile offensive which may have killed the Ukrainian Sec Def seems to point to that Austion traveled from Kiev, to Germany, then to the States, immediatly after this attack.
Russia is now preparing to ensure it can protect Belgrade by extending their front 50-120km SE and at the same time put their Himars cluster artillery against any target within 70-80km of their front lines to break the Ukrainian positions. This new version of the cluster bomb artillery is primarily designed to take out hard targets like factorys, bunkers, and less so for killing the infantrymen.
Russia fired 51 missiles of various types, as well as eight Shahed drones, at Ukraine, and the Ukrainian Air Force intercepted 18 of the cruise missiles and all the drones, he said.
This is the first time in the war that Ukraine did not intercept 90% of the missiles.
Ukraine’s Soviet Era Air Defense held up until May 22, then it was replaced by the same stuff the US Army uses and DOD exports to allies.
Reports from Ukraine military, political and civilians are now openly admitting the US provided umbrealla is non-functional and cannot be depended upon. This sent shock waves thru Washington, DC. Military Sales and Third Country Military Sales are the lifeblood the Mitilary Indistrial Complex. If US systems no longer provide effective defense, then like the Germans with Tank Engineering, the product will be seen as a bust.
Biden Admin will either escalate or seek peace, before Russia can definitely provide the world proof the US hardware does not work.
Looks like the amatures in the White Hut miscalculated.
Kazan is the name of a city in RuZZia.
Is that where you live?