I really think the convoy is just a face saving PR move (50% odds), an evacuation for trapped units (25% odds), or an attempt to have a “Ukrainian attack” on the convoy to give them an excuse (15% odds). I doubt they’re smuggling anything in so obviously when they can do it covertly
“I really think the convoy is just a face saving PR move (50% odds),”
More going on than meets the eye.
They LET the western Journos see this, and they are seeing a bunch of other stuff in the area, including an S300 and 400 battery that has been set up along the border.
Putin is sending a very clear message, to Kiev and to the EU/ Obama.
Likely its task was to distract attention (of Ukrainians and NATO recon) from other convoys with reinforcements and supply for the “rebels”, which at the same time crossed the border in other areas.