Russian army repositioning for increased attacks

[iemanja]

The assault on Ukrainian cities continued Wednesday, despite Moscow’s pledge to reduce military activity, while at the same time roughly 20 percent of Russia’s 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 Department’s latest intelligence assessment supports Zelensky’s 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 Ministry’s 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.

[Eliot Rosewater]

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]

2. +1. Give Ukraine credit for standing up, but likely won't end well

unless Putin is satisfied with Dombas region or something.

[2naSalit]

3. Anyone who thinks he's not doing just that...

Is a fool.

[haele]

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]

5. Russia is regrouping. Putin is eyeing our elections

The un-American pos republicans are still with Putin.