The “Battle Plans” of the Russian invasion of Ukraine .. published by the Russians ..
Even when he gives you a knowing wink, Putin is intimidating and almost threatening. The recipient here is the then President of the European Commission José Manuel Durão Barroso during a joint press conference in Moscow, February 6, 2009
(AP Photo / Alexei Druzhinin, Pool)
In the drama constituted, however, by a semi-war situation, there are aspects that in the future historians will probably describe as funny facts. For example, the pro-Russian site RT collected Russian war plans for the invasion of Ukraine… published by the Western media.
Here are some published ideas:
Dailymail: the encirclement
In strategic indecision the Daily Mail chooses to present an option in which the Russians attack from all sides, not that it is impossible, but there are usually main lines in the attacks. Here, instead, all holes, Come on Putin !!
The Daily Mail then sees a half revival of the Russian-Japanese War of 1904-1905 with the Baltic fleet joining up with that of the Black Sea, to defeat it is not known who and, above all, passing unseen in front of the United Kingdom, France , Spain, Gibraltar, Italy …
Sun. "Ukrainian Vietnam"
The Sun sees the perspective in that of a "Ukrainian Vietnam", that is, a Russian invasion that leads to a popular uprising that creates a guerrilla capable of stopping Putin's troops who want to take Kiev. If surely the eastern part of Ukraine is more ethnically similar to Poland and would certainly resist strongly, it seems a bit complex that this happens in Russian-speaking eastern Ukraine.
Reuters: amphibious action
According to Reuters, Russia would carry out a complex and interesting amphibious operation on the Ukrainian coasts also to seal the borders with Romania and Moldova and prevent both the transit of Western aid and the escape of Ukrainian troops, which would be surrounded … An interesting variation, but not is it easier to send troops from the Polish plains than through the Carpathians? However, this would be an unexpected move.
If peace talks fail, Russia could invade Ukraine using northern, central, or southern routes, raising critical questions for the United States and its NATO allies.
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– CSIS (@CSIS) January 19, 2022
La Bild: let's put all the plans together
The German Bild puts all the plans together, adds parachute drops, all served in a confused way. Von Moltke is no longer with us, and neither is Schlieffen ..
Every tactical expert has his own plan, which obviously does not take into account the strategic purpose of such a campaign. Are we sure that the Russians want to engage in a wide-ranging campaign that would lead to a new war on arms, which is also costly for them? Isn't it that, at the most, they would end up in a border campaign to create a buffer zone between NATO and Russia? For the rest, Putin has already won: he is praying to Europe with gas, and Europe itself is to blame …
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