Rond Oekraïne zien we tegengestelde bewegingen aan die van afgelopen week. Westerse persmomenten tonen plotsklaps terughoudendheid, Rusland laat een ongedachte set tanden zien.

Prominente terughoudendheid kwam van de NATO.

…NATO appears to be rapidly backing off its threatened military “option” and deployments toward Eastern Europe reported Monday…

Dat, terwijl de traditionele warmongers als de Zweedse ex-premier Carl Bildt nog steeds doorgaan:

The massive buildup of 🇷🇺 forces towards 🇺🇦 continues. Here it’s older T72 tanks on their way to the confrontation zone. Eurooe hasn’t seen a concentration of military forces of this magnitude since decades. pic.twitter.com/HipXARtmCB

— Carl Bildt (@carlbildt) January 24, 2022

Rusland kwam met onverwacht grootschalige oefeningen:

Russia is flexing its military might further with snap war exercises near Ukraine and in Crimea announced on Tuesday, also as its navy conducts pre-planned joint drills much further south with China and Iran in the Arabian Sea.
Russian language news agencies announced that some “6,000 troops and 60 warplanes have been deployed for so-called combat readiness drills stretching across three regions near Ukraine and in Crimea, which Moscow seized from Ukraine in 2014.”

Het is een vernietigend antwoord op eerdere NATO-bluf.

Russian fighter jets will also be involved in the large-scale exercises, including squadrons of Su-27SM, Su-30SM2 and Su-34 fighters, which will “refine interaction when performing missile strikes at a maximum distance,” the military said. Additionally, as English-language Moscow Times details:

More than 1,500 Southern Military District soldiers will also maneuver to proving grounds “at a considerable distance from their points of permanent deployment,” according to Interfax.
Separately, the Russian Navy’s Black Sea Fleet said T-72B3 battle tank crews staged shooting drills at a Crimean firing range.

It comes a day after a handful of NATO countries including Spain, Denmark, Lithuania and possibly France began sending limited military assets including jets and frigates toward Eastern Europe. The Biden administration also put 8,500 troops on “prepare to deploy” orders, but has yet to send them East.

NATO is er niet blij mee:

As for the Russian drills in the Black Sea region, which have ramped up to the point of becoming almost regular and routine of late, the US State Department recently said they go “in exactly the opposite direction” of de-escalation. There’s further preparations underway for major Russia-Belarus drills previously announced for February.
On Monday and Tuesday Russia’s Navy also kicked off joint drills in the Arabian Sea with China and Iran…

Tegelijkertijd is het binnen Oekraïne erg onrustig, en dreigde het parlement al  te worden bestormd:

Майдан предпринимателей Украины в Киеве (хроника N2) pic.twitter.com/xM09uabxA7

— Дядюшка Хо (@dyadushka_ho) January 25, 2022

Хроники протестов предпринимателей Украины в Киеве. N4
(ФОПы начали попытку штурма Рады. Охрана закрыла входы и выходы из здания на замок.) pic.twitter.com/d12ibmdSpp

— Дядюшка Хо (@dyadushka_ho) January 25, 2022

Vanuit Oekraïne wordt hierover gemeld:

Ukrainian media reports at least two dozen were attested, and a number of protesters and police officers suffered injuries due to the clashes.
Rada lawmakers were evacuated from the building as the unrest outside unfolded, leaving only journalists and police officers in the building.
The unrest outside the parliament building comes as President Biden and western corporate media drum up the threat of a potential Russian invasion of Ukraine. Biden said it would be the “largest invasion since World War II.”
Biden’s remarks come as the US ordersfamily members and embassy staff to leave Ukraine. About 8,500 US troops were put on high alert as tensions between NATO and Russia over Ukraine worsened this week.

Dat is wel een erg ongunstig scenario, dat nu dreigt. In geval van een oorlog wil niemand een revolutie in de rug hebben.

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