Russia issued a warning to the west and key of an attack on the Donbass will
be the reason for a tough response from Russia. The situation is extremely
serious since the current movements of the armed forces of Ukraine in the
Donbass and the appearance both on the territory of ukraine itself and near
its borders of large nato forces indicate the imminent start of an offensive
by Kiev and the West.
NATO has not yet reacted to such a statement from Russia, believing that
moscow is trying to bluff. This indicates that the escalation of the
situation will inevitably increase.
To date, according to western estimates a russian army of 125 is deployed
near the ukrainian border. This significantly exceeds the forces of the
armed forces of Ukraine in the Donbass, even if nato forces of 40 people
arrive in Ukraine.
Meanwhile the US has begun moving its heavy tanks and light armored vehicles
to the border with Ukraine. Apparently preparing to use these vehicles to
attack Russia.
how exactly the tanks and other armored vehicles of the u.s armed
forces got into the territory of romania is unknown, however it is alleged
that the equipment is being transferred towards the ukrainian border very
intensively.
At the moment it is known that several dozen units of American armored
vehicles can be deployed on the border between Romania and Ukraine. We are
talking about heavy tanks M1A2 Abrams and BMP Bradley.
At the same time it is alleged that we are talking about a mass transfer of
tanks. Given the lack of statements of intent to conduct military exercises,
this indicates that the united states is preparing to send its troops to the
territory of Ukraine for a possible attack on russian citizens in the
Donbass.
A few hours ago, a video appeared on the web which captured the moment of
the transfer of american military armored vehicles towards, allegedly the
Ukrainian border. At least 19 and two Bradley armored personnel carriers and
a number of other military equipment were identified on railway platforms
and this is not the first case of the transfer of american military armored
vehicles through european countries to the Ukrainian borders.
At the moment there are no official comments from either poland or the
United States, however there are no plans to conduct any military exercises
in the territory of eastern europe in the near future which indicates the
fact that the equipment is more than likely to follow. If not to Ukraine
itself, then to its borders.
The situation is of extremely high concern, especially after the united
states confirmed its readiness to send its troops to Ukraine in the event of
an escalation in the Donbass which could lead not only to a local military
conflict, but also to full-scale clashes throughout eastern europe.
Russia has sent troops more than 4,000 miles to Ukraine's borders and
announced sweeping naval drills as Moscow expands its preparations for a
potential attack on Ukraine as negotiations appear at a deadlock.
Six Russian landing ships capable of carrying main battle tanks, troops and
other military vehicles traveled through the channel on route to the
mediterranean last week in a deployment that could bolster an amphibious
landing on Ukraine's southern coast if Vladimir Putin orders an attack.
Ukraine's military intelligence has claimed that Russia is hiring
mercenaries and supplying its proxy forces in the donetsk and luhansk
regions with fuel, tanks and self-propelled artillery in preparation for a
potential upsurge in fighting.
And a large military force including iskander's short-range ballistic
missiles, Elite Spetsnaz Troops and anti-aircraft batteries has arrived in
Belarus from Russia's eastern military district, an extraordinary deployment
that western officials and analysts say could enable moscow to threaten
Kiev, Ukraine's capital.
The new deployments have worried u.s officials. "What concerns us is the
total picture," said a Senior State Department Official in a briefing last
week.
It is the amassing of 100,000 troops along ukraine's borders combined with
moving forces into Belarus over the weekend. These numbers are beyond of
course what we would expect with regard to a normal exercise.
"The US President Joe Biden last week said that putin himself may not know
what he plans to do. But the results are either Reckless Brinkmanship or
preparations for a large-scale military operation. It gradually dawned on
putin that if he stays on the track of stable and predictable, as biden
indicated, he's the designated loser," said Pavel Bave, Research Professor
at the Peace Research Institute Oslo and a Brookings Institution
Non-resident Fellow. Something needed to be done, he went for this
escalation quite sharply.
As Sussia's buildup nears completion, the US and European countries have
stepped up military support for ukraine. The UK last week sent more than
2,000 NLAW (Next Generation Light Anti-tank Weapon) launchers and deployed
about 30 troops from a new ranger regiment as trainers.
estonia has said it will provide javelin anti-tank missiles, while
lithuania and latvia will send stinger anti-aircraft missiles.
In a shift the Netherlands also said it would be ready to provide defensive
weapons to Ukraine and the US has said it will increase aid and send Mi-27
transport helicopters were originally meant for use in afghanistan to
ukraine instead.
The decision to fast-track arms to ukraine reflects an understanding that
russia could launch an attack at any moment.
"We know that there are plans in place to increase that force even more on
very short notice and that gives president putin the capacity, also on very
short notice to take further aggressive action against ukraine," Lincoln
said in public remarks last week.
The scope of a russian attack and its ultimate goals remain unclear. Some
analysts have suggested russia may want to formally annex the donbass region
or capture territory to connect the russian mainland with crimea, the
ukrainian peninsula annexed by russia in 2014.
