“Russian forces remain much larger and more capable than Ukraine’s conventional military," however, and Russian advances in southern Ukraine may threaten to unhinge the defense of Kyiv and northeastern Ukraine if they continue unchecked, U.S.-based Institute for the Study of War analysts Mason Clark, George Barros, and Kateryna Stepanenko wrote in a Saturday assessment. Ukrainian security forces and residents of Kyiv, rallied by Zelensky, have displayed unexpected resilience in their defense of the capital, but Markarova’s warning calls attention to the challenge presented by Russian forces farther east. One line of attack targeted a quick-strike overthrow of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s government in Kyiv, while the other two focused on the seizure of additional territory in eastern Ukraine, where most of the Ukrainian military has been deployed over the last eight years of lower-profile conflict with disguised Russian forces and proxy separatists. Russia launched a three-pronged assault earlier this week. “And we will see whether it’s even the first one.” “Or both - at least the second one,” Atlantic Council visiting fellow Petr Tuma, a career Czech diplomat, told the Washington Examiner.
officials have said that Russia will continue to conduct disinformation operations designed to discourage Ukrainian forces until surrendering, raising questions among observers about whether this gas mask report forecasts a real military threat or a new twist in the propaganda war. Secretary of State Antony Blinken warned before the invasion that Russian forces might stage a chemical incident as a pretext for the assault.Īnd, as the attack has unfolded, U.S. officials spent the weeks prior to the invasion releasing reports that they characterized as preemptive revelations of Russian propaganda schemes.
Markarova’s claim is the latest reference to chemical weapons in an information environment characterized by dueling narratives. We are a responsible member of the NPT.- Dmytro Kuleba February 26, 2022 Ukraine doesn’t have nuclear weapons, doesn’t conduct any work to create/acquire them. Russian propaganda has gone off the rails and speculates Ukraine might be preparing to drop a ‘dirty bomb’ on the Russian territory.
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