Putin's End Game? Or Pretext?ย Russia's lower house of parliament has voted to ask leader Vladimir Putin to recognize two Russian-backed breakaway regions in eastern Ukraine as independent.ย The long-anticipated move by the lower house of the State Duma, if approved, could serve as a pretext or be part of Putin's Ukraine end game.
This coincides with the reported mass evacuation of civilians by Russian backed Ukrainian separatists from these regions.
Axiosย reported:
Pro-Russian separatist leaders in eastern Ukraineย orderedย the mass evacuation of women, children and elderly civilians to Russia on Friday, alleging that Ukraine was preparing a military offensive. Ukraine immediately denied the accusations.
Why it matters:ย U.S. officials haveย warned that Russia is preparing to manufacture a pretextย to invade Ukraine in the coming days, and that it could take the form of a fabricated escalation in territory controlled by separatists.
The latest:ย Russian media reported that a vehicle belonging to a separatist security chief was targeted in an alleged car bombing, but that no one was harmed.
- Denis Pushilin, the head of the self-declared Donetsk People's Republic (DPR), toldย Russian mediaย that the situation was โunfortunatelyโ moving toward โmajor war.โ
- A State Department spokesperson called the explosion and evacuation โfurther attempts to obscure through lies and disinformation that Russia is the aggressor in this conflict.โ
- Ukraine's Defense Intelligence Agencyย accusedย Russia's security services of placing mines near unspecified โinfrastructure facilitiesโ in Donetsk in an attempt to fabricate โterrorist attacksโ that would be blamed on Ukraine.
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So, what’s next?
There are a dozen Russian mafia/ex-pats in Central Park that play Chess there every single day. Inspired by Putin, they claimed the area as their own.
Russiaโs lower house of parliament is considering another resolution to claim Central Park and their newly sand bagged Capital located at;
The Chess Forum in Greenwich Village, in downtown Manhattan, as Russian Territory.
Chess Forum
219 Thompson Street
New York, NY 10012
Tanks are being unloaded at the East River docks as we speak.
Is this for real???