{"id":120366,"date":"2021-12-06T07:00:32","date_gmt":"2021-12-06T12:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=120366"},"modified":"2021-12-05T20:40:46","modified_gmt":"2021-12-06T01:40:46","slug":"wash-post-says-us-intel-agencies-think-russia-will-invade-ukraine-w-175k-troops","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=120366","title":{"rendered":"Wash Post says US intel agencies think Russia will invade Ukraine w\/ 175k troops"},"content":{"rendered":"

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We talked a bit ago about Ukraine sounding the alarm<\/a> on Russia amassing troops at their border. Last week we talked about Putin saying he had a “red line”<\/a> about Ukraine, which I put some more faith in than Obama’s red lines. Now, according to the Washington Post who cites anonymous sources, US intelligence agencies think that Russia could invade Ukraine in a multi-front offensive with up to 175,000 troops as soon as January.<\/p>\n

Poetrooper sends in the WashPo report<\/a>;<\/p>\n

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As tensions mount between Washington and Moscow over a potential Russian invasion of Ukraine, U.S. intelligence has found the Kremlin is planning a multi-front offensive as soon as early next year involving up to 175,000 troops, according to U.S. officials and an intelligence document obtained by The Washington Post.<\/p>\n

The Kremlin has been moving troops toward the border with Ukraine while demanding Washington guarantee that Ukraine will not join NATO and that the alliance will refrain from certain military activities in and around Ukrainian territory. The crisis has provoked fears of a renewed war on European soil and comes ahead of a planned virtual meeting next week between President Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Russian plans call for a military offensive against Ukraine as soon as early 2022 with a scale of forces twice what we saw this past spring during Russia\u2019s snap exercise near Ukraine\u2019s borders,\u201d said an administration official, speaking on the condition of anonymity to discuss sensitive information. \u201cThe plans involve extensive movement of 100 battalion tactical groups with an estimated 175,000 personnel, along with armor, artillery and equipment.\u201d<\/p>\n

The unclassified U.S. intelligence document obtained by The Post, which includes satellite photos, shows Russian forces massing in four locations. Currently, 50 battlefield tactical groups are deployed, along with \u201cnewly arrived\u201d tanks and artillery, according to the document.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

More at the source. I, for one, am confident in the decisive, coherent, and well reasoned abilities of President Biden, Secretary of State Blinken, and Secretary of Defense Austin to appease Putin. We’ve spent the last year ensuring our military is purged of those far-right “extremists”, double and triple checking that only the fully vaccinated are allowed to remain, and admitting all the transgenders we can find. We’ve never been more ready for a war with Russia, right?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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