Posted on 10/16/2022 1:46:52 PM PDT by RomanSoldier19
Edited on 10/16/2022 1:52:42 PM PDT by Sidebar Moderator. [history]
Russia will deploy 9,000 soldiers to Belarus, the Belarusian ministry of defence has said, as Kremlin allies began to close embassies in Kyiv because of the risk of a ground assault.
Although Alexander Lukashenko, the Belarusian president, has insisted that Russian and Belarusian forces are deploying in his country on a purely defensive operation, Western analysts have said that may be a ruse to prepare for an attack on the Ukrainian capital.
Others speculated that the movements could be a feint to distract Ukrainian troops from the active front lines in the east and south.
"It's difficult to know if this is just an 'army in being' to tie up Ukrainian defenders that could be used in the south and east or something more serious," a Kyiv-based security source told the Telegraph. "Lots of embassies are leaving."
Sounds like Putin is propping up Lukashenko again.
Of course, they could decide to occupy Chernobyl again and entrench themselves in the radioactive waste again like idiots. Stupid is as stupid does.
People are so convinced that “globalists” and “neocons” are behind this war that they’ll say anything.
I suspect that Moscow wants to Blitzkrieg down from the Belarus border and take Kiev to end the war. I fully expect that Ukraine will wait for the right moment and then destroy the Russian buildup while still in Belarus.
heh heh heh heh heh
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