Destroy Ukraine? Perish the Thought!!
Vladimir Putin EPA |
"The line of contact is 1,100 km, so it is practically impossible to hold it with forces formed only of contract soldiers, especially since they take part in offensive activities.""We do not set ourselves the task of destroying Ukraine. No, of course not.""What is happening today is not pleasant, to put things mildly. But all the same, [if Russia hadn't attacked] we would have been in the same situation, only the conditions would have been worse for us. So we're doing everything correctly and at the right time."Russian President Vladimir Putin
Russia
not interested in destroying Ukraine? On the clear evidence it seems as
though this is exactly what is happening; violent punishment through
unrelenting air strikes on civilian enclaves, targeting non-military
areas, including hospitals, malls, schools, theatres. Deliberately
targeting civilians. Russian troops engaging in brutal acts of
malevolent murder. Massive looting. Bringing Ukraine to its knees, but
furious when Ukraine refuses to kneel, standing upright and defending
itself.
Russian
troops so hard put to deploy themselves as confident occupiers, they
retreat in confusion, leave their gear behind, and Ukrainian military
counteroffensives succeeding in reclaiming for Ukraine what is
rightfully theirs, despite Vladimir Putin's grandiose claims of
annexation, depriving Ukraine of four provinces constituting a massive
portion of its geography. Hyperbole and bellicosity, the Russian gambit
to strike fear into those who when they strike back, are identified by
Mr. Putin as 'terrorists'.
When
the month of October rolled around Ukrainian forces managed to burst
through the front lines that Russian troops have been incapable of
defending. So much for annexation; it is a partial occupation, illegal
and massively disruptive, and bit by bit, crumbling even as the rhetoric
of propaganda to persuade the Russian public that all is well and the
Kremlin will prevail over the neo-Nazi terrorists controlling Ukraine.
Ukraine's
response has been widespread courage on the part of her people, craven
illogic on the part of the tyrrany that seeks to dispel the notion that
Ukraine holds dear that it is a democratic nation committed to its
autonomy' progress in its purpose and prosperity and freedom for its
people. Ukraine's armed forces have retaken 600 settlements in the past
month, including 75 in the Kherson region and 43 in the eastern Donetsk
region. While cutting off Russian troops from supply lines and escape
routes.
A wrecked car and people’s baggage outside apartment buildings in Osypenkivsʹkyy Zhytlomasyv region in Zaporizhzhia. Photograph: Ed Ram/The Guardian |
Russia
gave vent to its fury over the explosion that crippled the Crimean
bridge's direct route from Russia to the Crimean peninsula by firing 100
Russian cruise missiles all over Ukraine, targeting its electricity and
heat infrastructure in the largest air assault in the 8-month conflict,
where tens of thousands of people have been killed. The threat of
nuclear weapons hangs menacingly over Europe.
Labels: Russian Invasion of Ukraine, Ukraine Military Counteroffensive
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