{"id":1482931,"date":"2024-08-11T12:10:00","date_gmt":"2024-08-11T16:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/?p=1482931"},"modified":"2024-08-11T12:10:00","modified_gmt":"2024-08-11T16:10:00","slug":"last-years-pentagon-leaks-proved-that-zelensky-was-plotting-to-invade-russia-since-january-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/last-years-pentagon-leaks-proved-that-zelensky-was-plotting-to-invade-russia-since-january-2023\/1482931\/","title":{"rendered":"Last Year’s Pentagon Leaks Proved That Zelensky Was Plotting To Invade Russia Since January 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last Year’s Pentagon Leaks Proved That Zelensky Was Plotting To Invade Russia Since January 2023<\/span><\/p>\n

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Authored by Andrew Korybko via Substack,<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

So much has happened since spring 2023\u2019s Pentagon leaks that few even remember that they happened, <\/strong>but they\u2019re more relevant than ever amidst Ukraine\u2019s ongoing invasion of Russia\u2019s Kursk Region since they proved that Zelensky had been plotting this since January 2023. The\u00a0Washington Post<\/a>\u00a0reported on this aspect of those leaks in May 2023, writing that the US was already aware by then that Zelensky thought that this move would \u201cgive Kyiv leverage in talks with Moscow.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

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This wasn\u2019t lost on the Russians either since RT promptly published an\u00a0article<\/a>\u00a0about it, which was analyzed\u00a0here<\/a>\u00a0at the time, thus raising questions about why there weren\u2019t better border defenses in place just in case.<\/strong> These reports circulated right before Ukraine\u2019s\u00a0ultimately failed counteroffensive<\/a>, so it\u2019s possible that the border was fortified as a precaution ahead of that happening, but then Russia grew complacent with its on-the-ground gains in Donbass over the past year and let its guard down.<\/p>\n

About that, this analysis\u00a0here<\/a>\u00a0from last week pointed out that Ukraine\u2019s invasion of Kursk Region should incentivize Russia to finally eliminate groupthink.<\/strong> It\u2019s difficult to believe that there were no reports whatsoever about a build-up along the border ahead of time, thus meaning that higher-ups might have dismissed whatever they were speculatively told by their underlings as \u201cirrational\u201d. Therein lies the problem since Ukraine always ends up surprising Russia but relevant lessons have yet to be learned.<\/p>\n

Whether it\u2019s long-range drone strikes against its\u00a0strategic airfields<\/a>,\u00a0early warning systems<\/a>, and\u00a0even the Kremlin<\/a>\u00a0or naval drone attacks against its\u00a0Black Sea fleet<\/a>, all of which are aided by the\u00a0Anglo-American Axis<\/a>, Russia should have expected by now that every one of its soft spots is a likely target. <\/strong>Nevertheless, it\u2019s regularly caught with its pants down, though folks also shouldn\u2019t forget that it still intercepts a lot of drones and foils many impending plots too.<\/p>\n

With that being said, more could have been done to protect the border from the invasion that Zelensky had been plotting for a year and a half. <\/strong>Prior to the latest events, he employed terrorist proxies for\u00a0cross-border<\/a>\u00a0raids<\/a>\u00a0into Belgorod Region, which might have deceived Russia into thinking that Ukraine abandoned its plans for a conventional invasion. That could explain why the only forces that it deployed along the border were counter-sabotage units who were unprepared to fend off a real invasion.<\/p>\n

Such a decision still represents a lapse in judgement, however, when recalling that Ukrainian military-intelligence chief Budanov drew attention to Kursk Region in mid-May shortly after the start of\u00a0Russia\u2019s push<\/a>\u00a0into his country\u2019s Kharkov Region. <\/strong>He\u00a0said<\/a>\u00a0at the time that \u201cthey are holding a small group of forces in the border area, in the town of Sudzha. From our side, it is the Sumy direction, but the situation has not yet allowed them to take active action and start, let’s say, implementing their plan.\u201d<\/p>\n

As it turns out, Russia never reinforced its \u201csmall group of forces in the border area\u201d<\/strong>, thus explaining why Ukraine was able to breach the border and is now\u00a0fighting for control<\/a>\u00a0for Sudzha. Russia might have dismissed the forces that Ukraine assembled in preparation of this as an overreaction to Budanov\u2019s aforementioned fear of a push into Sumy Region. If anything, some Russian policymakers might have even been pleased to see them, thinking that it\u2019s better for them to be deployed there than to Donbass.<\/p>\n

Simply put, Ukraine not only \u201cpsyched-out\u201d Russia, but it masterfully manipulated its perceptions after realizing long ago (or being told by the Anglo-American Axis) how strongly it\u2019s affected by groupthink. <\/strong>Time and again, a little creative thinking on Russia\u2019s part would have made all the difference in thwarting Ukraine\u2019s myriad plots, yet outdated mindsets continue to prevail in spite of all that\u2019s happened. That needs to change, and urgently, in order for the\u00a0special<\/a>\u00a0operation<\/a>\u00a0to succeed in its goals.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Tyler Durden<\/a><\/span>
\nSun, 08\/11\/2024 – 08:10<\/span><\/p>\n

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