Which means that Russia could have taken this land at any time. But took it now only to have the better negotiation stance
Russia stated three years ago its two objectives.
Eliminate army of The Ukraine, no quarter to the Azov creeps
Eliminate the Government installed by Nuland and the Azoz creeps
“Which means that Russia could have taken this land at any time. But took it now only to have the better negotiation stance”
Obviously. Once Ukraine had the land, getting it back a week later was no different than getting it back a year later...so why hurry? Being part of Russia it was obviously well mapped out, so coordinates for the Turkey Shoot were available. Also, most of the locals did get out in time, which meant that virtually every hiding place was known to the Russian military.
As some of the smarter analysts (the ones that the Zeepers ignore) noted, the plan almost definitely was to capture the nuclear power plant, still another 30 clicks or so from the furthest front line (I think), but Russia got their defenses in place to prevent that. At that point, the Neocons should have ordered Ukraine to withdraw.
They didn’t.
NOPE
Our stopping intelligence for those days helped..AND they only recently built up a special forces drone operation that has succeeded spectacularly
AND without us giving them tons of weapons, they have run out or are too low to effectively fight back now.
So WE, the US, kept this war going.
Thank God Trump will end it.