Posted on 08/24/2022 8:35:04 AM PDT by Timber Rattler
A hail of shrapnel from kamikaze drones ripped through the tent where off-duty Ukrainian border guards were sleeping near a crossing with Belarus, three hours north of Ukraine’s capital.
Viktor Derevyanko woke to scalding pain, his body burning. Blood spilled from his hand as he tried to wipe his face. A piece of metal had traveled through his arm and stomach and into the muscle around his heart.
“I couldn’t get my bearings,” said Derevyanko, the deputy head of the unit. “Only on the third explosion did I manage to fall out of bed and try to find at least someplace to hide, because the explosions weren’t ending.”
It was around 4:15 a.m. on Feb. 24.
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If the Russians could seize the seat of power in Ukraine, or at least cause the government to flee in panic, the defense of the country would quickly unravel. Moscow could install a puppet government.
That was the Kremlin’s plan.
Instead, what transpired in and around Kyiv in the ensuing 36 days would represent the biggest foreign blunder in the 22-year rule of Russian President Vladimir Putin. His assault on the city instantly reordered the security architecture of Europe against Moscow and isolated his nation to a degree unseen since the Cold War. To the surprise of the world, the offensive against the Ukrainian capital would end in a humiliating retreat, which would expose deep systemic problems in a Russian military he had spent billions to rebuild.
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What they say about Timber Rattlers is true.
They make a lot of noise.
I still believe it was a head fake
“That was the Kremlin’s plan.”
And how does WaPo know that this was the actual plan?
West slams reports of Russian plan for puppet government in Ukraine
Kremlin planning to declare ex-President Yanukovych as new head of Ukraine
Because the reason Russia sent 3 mile long column of military vehicles to Kyiv is quite obvious to anyone with a brain.
The Russians underestimated the level of commitment which the globalists have to propping up the puppet government in Kiev. It would have been best had they acted immediately in response to the 2014 coup. A lot of lives would have been saved.
Starting this war was premeditated murder. Dozens if not hundreds of Ukrainians died in the first few minutes.
Moscow could install a puppet government.
That was the Kremlin’s plan.
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Can’t have them removing *our* puppet government.
Sure, Jan.
Putin turned the Washington Post into a newt.
The Post got better
There was no battle for Kiev. Russia would have sent far more troops for a battle in a huge city.
Russia said what their mission was and taking Kiev was not part of it.
This battle of Kiev is a preposterous lie. Makes me laugh.
They don’t. It was the WAPoo a lefty WEF rag.
—> The Russians underestimated the level of commitment which the globalists have to propping up the puppet government in Kiev.
I would guess Russia had great intelligence to work from and prepared.
I don’t think the Russians are nearly as smart as they seem to think they are.
I think any war unfolds in ways you did not expect.
You get punched in the face and you adjust.
I find Russians in general terms to be pretty smart, corrupted to survive in their system, and insular.
Btw,,, by “intelligence” I was referring to spycraft
That too.
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