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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsRussian army repositioning for increased attacks
The assault on Ukrainian cities continued Wednesday, despite Moscows pledge to reduce military activity, while at the same time roughly 20 percent of Russias troops near Kyiv appeared to be moving away from the capital, the Pentagon said, a possible precursor to further attacks in other parts of the country.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Russian promises of a drawdown were just words, and his forces are preparing for renewed strikes in the Donbas region, the hotly contested territory in eastern Ukraine bordering Russia. The U.S. Defense Departments latest intelligence assessment supports Zelenskys suspicion. Officials say Russia intends to refit these troops, resupply them and probably employ them elsewhere in Ukraine, spokesman John Kirby said. Some of the personnel have crossed into Belarus, he said.
As Russian troops seemed to shift tactics, U.S. intelligence reports indicated that President Vladimir Putin was being misinformed by his military, with an American official describing persistent tension between Putin and the Russian Defense Ministrys leadership.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Russian promises of a drawdown were just words, and his forces are preparing for renewed strikes in the Donbas region, the hotly contested territory in eastern Ukraine bordering Russia. The U.S. Defense Departments latest intelligence assessment supports Zelenskys suspicion. Officials say Russia intends to refit these troops, resupply them and probably employ them elsewhere in Ukraine, spokesman John Kirby said. Some of the personnel have crossed into Belarus, he said.
As Russian troops seemed to shift tactics, U.S. intelligence reports indicated that President Vladimir Putin was being misinformed by his military, with an American official describing persistent tension between Putin and the Russian Defense Ministrys leadership.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/03/30/russia-ukraine-war-news-putin-live-updates/
They may be doing what they did after initial defeats in Chechnya. They eventually regrouped and leveled the place. Putin does not take defeat well.
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Russian army repositioning for increased attacks (Original Post)
iemanja
Mar 2022
OP
Mass murderer putin is supported by the GOP, and the GOP has NO CHOICE but to ACCEPT
Eliot Rosewater
Mar 2022
#1
Eliot Rosewater
(31,097 posts)1. Mass murderer putin is supported by the GOP, and the GOP has NO CHOICE but to ACCEPT
this fact as long as they allow trump to lead their party.
Hoyt
(54,770 posts)2. +1. Give Ukraine credit for standing up, but likely won't end well
unless Putin is satisfied with Dombas region or something.
2naSalit
(86,050 posts)3. Anyone who thinks he's not doing just that...
Is a fool.
haele
(12,581 posts)4. I expect him to keep attacking.
He won't stop until Zelenskyy is dead and a puppet is put in his place.
But unfortunately, there are few Oligarchs and no warlords that aren't already despised by the majority of Ukrainians.
Putin has lost Ukraine. They may have been poor, but they were improving and on their way to EU membership before he attacked, and they don't want to go back to being just another client state of a foreign kleptocracy.
Haele
rockfordfile
(8,682 posts)5. Russia is regrouping. Putin is eyeing our elections
The un-American pos republicans are still with Putin.