Russia said on Wednesday that its “special military operation” in Ukraine will continue at least until it captures all of the Donetsk region in eastern Ukraine.
Donetsk is home to the self-declared Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR), which was first established in 2014, following the US-backed coup in Kyiv. The DPR and other Russian-controlled areas in Ukraine are expected to be absorbed by Moscow after referendums that concluded on Tuesday.
“The least I can say with an absolute clarity is that you all know well that not the whole territory of the Donetsk People’s Republic has been liberated. We are speaking here about the territory within its 2014 borders,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Wednesday.
Russian and the DPR currently control a little more than half of Donetsk. When ordering a partial mobilization last week, Russian President Vladimir Putin made clear that his military campaign will still be focused on this area.
Referendums were also held in Luhansk, Kherson, and Zaporizhzhia, and authorities reported results that showed a huge majority of voters want to join Russia. Russian officials have said they will move quickly to absorb the territories, and Putin is expected to address Russia’s parliament on the issue this Friday.
The US and NATO have denounced the referendum as “shams” and said they won’t recognize the territories as Russian.
That seems reasonable, once the Russians are pushed out of Donetsk and it is liberated I would say a reasonable quitting place for the war.
In one thing you are right. Everything would be decided by the military force. That’s why Putin started a partial mobilization.
It’s only Partial Mobilization on paper, it is full in practice. I still don’t know the point after claiming for years to have a 1.5 million troops strong army. They put 200K troops in Ukraine, Where the rest go?
Russia has a huge territory and everything should be protected. Now Russia is mobilizing 300K from reserve. The whole reserve is 25 million strong. If 300K is not enough, they can mobilize more. No problem about that.
Everything should be protected? Then a good thing to do is to not expand your territory, don’t you think?
They can’t even mobilize 25K troops and you think they can get more?
Reserve 25 million strong? Really, man? Even if you meant, 2.5 million, How can I take you seriously?
Unless… if by Russian Reserve you meant, anybody with a pulse including kids and elders.
But U.S. and the MIC don’t want that. So something else will get cooked up to keep Russia in this war. Only a tactical nuke can end this.
A tactical nuke can only make it worse. It is remarkable that in USA they are talking about the use of tactical nukes against Ukraine, while in Russia no one ever thought about that. From Russian viewpoint, Russia can use the tactical nukes only in case if NATO starts massive invasion to Belorussia or Russia. Then, probably, Warsaw or Berlin would be considered as the reasonable targets for the tactical nukes.
And that first tactical nuke will come from the U.S. first, the same country that first used the atom bombs on Japan. Of course the U.S. will claim that Russia did it just like they are blaming Russia for the sabotage of Nord Stream I and II.
The goal is not only to liberate Donbass republics, but also to guarantee their security. It means, the border would be pushed, at least, 300 km westward from Donbass republics. When US provide longer range weapons for Kiev regime, then the border will be moved even further westward.
Where do you get your figures from? 300 Km?
You just told me in another topic that Russia’s Military Reserve is 25million strong.
300 km is effective firing range of HIMARS. HIMARS is mostly used against civilian targets for the terrorist goals. Hardly Ukraine will stop this practice after the reunification of Donbass with Russia. It means, Kiev regime is going to terrorize Russian population inside Russia with the help of American military equipment and American military specialists. That’s why, highly likely, Ukraine would be considered by Russia as a terrorist state.
I smell pincer movement.
As usual, nice map Dave…!
Courtesy of Southfront.org
All nations are “self declared”.
Trust me, this is going to go much further than the Donbass.
Not so.
Yes so.
Maybe Russia should make all of Ukraine west of the Dnieper River uninhabitable for the next 100 years.
We have involvement in the destruction of the Nord Stream II. We have involvement in the delay in repair of turbines for Nord Stream I (sanctions). We have involvement in the theft of Syrian oil ( villagers and others witnessing 70 to 100 tanker trucks hauling the oil into Iraq). For 30 years we have been baiting Russia. We are willing to “bleed” Russia by sending weapons to Ukraine, with no transparency as to where they are going, costing American taxpayers billions. Biden has turned out to be the half plate of sh*t as predicted by Nina Turner.
The US wrt Kosovo put in place the present legal means for Russia to hold referendum in the oblasts of Kherson, and Zaporizhzhia and also the LDPR. So it now cannot deny the legality of the referenda in the LDPR, and the Kherson, and Zaporizhzhia oblasts. Sticking fingers in ears, closing eyes and shouting lalalala won’t hold water with the rest of the world. There are three more oblasts that Russia will absorb before it completes the present war.