#smo

brainwavelost@nerdpol.ch

In his (highly recommendable) book "The Russian Art of #War", the former Swiss military intelligence officer Jacques Baud described the reason why the current fighting in Ukraine started out as a "Special Military Operation" within a larger context:

The use of the word "war" would imply a different structure of conduct than that envisioned by the Russians in Ukraine, and would have other structural implications in Russia itself. Moreover - and this is a central point - as #NATO Secretary General Jens #Stoltenberg himself acknowledges,"the war began in 2014" and should have been ended by the #Minsk Agreements. The #SMO is therefore a "military operation" and not a new "war", as many Western "experts" claim.

https://www.moonofalabama.org/2024/03/russia-is-at-war-.html#more

sol_o_o_l@diaspora.psyco.fr

Russia. Is. At. War.

#Russia Is At #War #Ukraine #western #escalating #SMO

"Due to a flurry of western support for Ukraine, now escalating to ground troop insertions, Russia had to move its special military operation in Ukraine into the bigger scope of a full fledged war.

Over the last month the Ukrainian military intelligence directorate GUR and its civilian secret service SBU have attempted to disturb the recent presidential election in Russia. They did this by:"

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kuchinster@diasp.org

When Ukrainian ideology meets Russian facts

— "Local residents heroically defend Energodar."
On March 4, the Russian military took control of Energodar and ZNPP.

— "Volnovakha remains under the control of the AFU."
On March 11, Russian troops entered Volnovakha.

— "The Ukrainian Armed Forces carried out a successful counterattack near Izyum."
Since April 1, Izyum has been under full control of the Russian Armed Forces.

— "The orcs will not take Popasnaya and will go home in packages."
On May 9, the LNR and DNR militaries took Popasna.

— "If Mariupol falls, Ukraine falls!."
On May 16, all "defenders" of Azovstal surrendered.

— "Sviatogorsk has not surrendered and is still controlled by the AFU."
On June 9, information appeared about the complete liberation of Sviatogorsk by the Russian military.

— "The capture of Severodonetsk will lead to the occupation of the entire Luhansk region."
On June 25, the Russian Armed Forces and the LNR NM occupied Severodonetsk.

— "Lisichansk is a fortress that cannot be taken."
On July 3, the Russian military liberated Lisichansk.

— "The AFU drove the enemy away from Pokrovskoye and the Uglegorsk thermal power plant."
On July 26, the village of Pokrovskoye and the Uglegorsk thermal power plant came under the control of DNR forces

— "Peski is ours. The Ukrainian military repelled the attacks of the occupants."
On August 13, the Russian Ministry of Defense announced the capture of the settlement of Peski.

— Arestovich: "The Russians will not be able to take Bakhmut and Seversk, there will be no repeat of Lysychansk and Severodonetsk."
The outcome is obvious. We have to wait for news from the front.

#ukraine #ukrainian #propaganda vs. #russian #facts #SMO #Donbass