Kyiv says Moscow preparing new military offensive to increase pressure on Ukraine

Ukrainian officials and military analysts have warned that Russian forces are preparing a fresh offensive in the coming weeks, aiming to intensify pressure on Ukraine and strengthen Moscow's position in potential ceasefire negotiations.

The anticipated push could lead Russian President Vladimir Putin to delay peace talks in favour of pursuing further territorial gains, Ukrainian officials said.

They reiterated long-standing claims that Russia has no genuine interest in meaningful negotiations to end the war.

As the spring fighting season approaches, analysts and military commanders report that the Kremlin is planning a multi-front assault across the 1,000-kilometre frontline.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, citing intelligence, said Russian forces are preparing new offensives in the northeastern Sumy and Kharkiv regions, as well as in Zaporizhzhia.

In the General/Chat forum, on a thread titled Kyiv says Moscow preparing new military offensive to increase pressure on Ukraine, tlozo wrote:

American State Department and CIA atttacked and overthrew the Ukraine.

Why is it so hard to comprehend that NO country (meaning its people) in eastern Europe wants to be economically associated with Russia vs the EU, with its much higher standard of living?

The European Union's combined GDP is significantly larger than Russia's, with the EU's economy estimated at around $20.287 trillion (nominal, 2025) compared to Russia's $2.196 trillion (nominal, 2025).

You don't believe Trump's statements about the State Department/CIA or the recordings of Nuland (CIA) picking the new government of Ukraine- why is that hard for you?

Why is it so hard to comprehend that NO country (meaning its people) in eastern Europe wants to be economically associated with Russia vs the EU, with its much higher standard of living?
You don't believe Trump's statements about the State Department/CIA or the recordings of Nuland (CIA) picking the new government of Ukraine- why is that hard for you?

I freely admit BOTH sides tried to influence Ukraine, but you ignore Russian meddling which was much more intense. Putin for instance, tried to poison the pro-west Ukrainian president Viktor Yushchenko in 2004.

Nuland/CIA did not decide whether Ukraine would join the EU or Russia it was a decision made by the Ukrainian people who wanted to join the EU and its better standard of living.

No eastern European country has joined economically with Russia rejecting the EU. Its a simple question, where would you want to live, in the EU or in Russia?

In the General/Chat forum, on a thread titled Kyiv says Moscow preparing new military offensive to increase pressure on Ukraine, tlozo wrote:
Why is it so hard to comprehend that NO country (meaning its people) in eastern Europe wants to be economically associated with Russia vs the EU, with its much higher standard of living?
You don't believe Trump's statements about the State Department/CIA or the recordings of Nuland (CIA) picking the new government of Ukraine- why is that hard for you?
I freely admit BOTH sides tried to influence Ukraine, but you ignore Russian meddling which was much more intense. Putin for instance, tried to poison the pro-west Ukrainian president Viktor Yushchenko in 2004.
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ransomnote: 'Meddling'? Russia was trying to get biowarfare labs out of Ukraine and off his borders; his report to the UN specified that members of the public and Russian soldiers were being exposed to pathogens without their knowledge or consent. DC Draino posted a great map showing that the opening of the war, Putin hit those labs with missiles.
Russia was also trying to get Western Ukraine to stop shelling Ukrainians of Russian descent in Eastern Ukraine. Ethnic cleansing. Putin was against that. That's too much 'meddling'? He tried to negotiate safety for Eastern Ukrainians the Ukraine wants racial purity, just like their neo Nazi collaborator/hero Banderas.
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Nuland/CIA did not decide whether Ukraine would join the EU or Russia it was a decision made by the Ukrainian people who wanted to join the EU and its better standard of living.
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ransomnote: I said Nuland/CIA picked the next officials of the 'new' Ukrainian government. They picked puppets. You changed/deflected to EU. This war didn't have anything to do with the EU. It was NATO membership. Putin knew NATO wants to overthrow RUssia in it's quest to rule the world. Having Ukraine in NATO means NATO weapons/troops/missiles would be parked in Ukraine, within striking distance of Moscow. Zelensky proved Putin was telling the truth; a few weeks ago Zelensky bragged that he had missiles in Crimea which could strike Moscow. He meant that brag to be a game changer - a soft threat to destroy Moscow with missiles.
But Zelensky and his handlers don't understand Trump. After Zelensky threatened to hit Moscow, Trump hinted in a timely video clip, that maybe the US would have to get involved in Ukraine after all. He said it with suprise. Zelensky's handlers got the hint - all talk of those missiles was dropped. Trump's hint meant that the US would 'get involved in Ukraine' by acting against Zelensky and handlers to prevent them from starting WWIII.
The bland lies and distortions you provide are a waste of time.
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No eastern European country has joined economically with Russia rejecting the EU. Its a simple question, where would you want to live, in the EU or in Russia?
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ransomnote: Americans are recoiling in horror as EU nations fall to Globalists and their intention to overrun the native population with violent jihadists. Freedom is leaving those EU nations and their beautiful monuments and culture is being destroyed by globalist plans. The EU is not preferable to Russia, and that is shocking to many of us familiar with the now-gone days of the brutal Soviet Union which fell.

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