Title : Did Russia Put Off Announcing Kherson Retreat Until After The U.S. Midterm Elections?
link : Did Russia Put Off Announcing Kherson Retreat Until After The U.S. Midterm Elections?
Did Russia Put Off Announcing Kherson Retreat Until After The U.S. Midterm Elections?
Local residents celebrate after Russia's retreat from Kherson, in central Kherson, Ukraine November 13, 2022. REUTERS/Valentyn Ogirenko
The US has intelligence that Russia may have delayed announcing its withdrawal from the Ukrainian city of Kherson in part to avoid giving the Biden administration a political win ahead of the midterm elections, according to four people familiar with the intelligence.
Senior Russian officials discussed the US midterms as a factor during deliberations about the withdrawal announcement, one person familiar with the intelligence said. Waiting until after the US election was always a “pre-planned condition” of Russia’s withdrawal from Kherson, a second person familiar with the intelligence told CNN.
Read more ....
WNU Editor: Russia made its intentions very clear weeks ago when General Surovikin was appointed to coordinate Russian military operations in Ukraine. He said hard decisions will need to be made in the coming weeks, and he even mentioned the Kherson district. After that Russian authorities removed the remains of Russian Prince Grigory Potemkin, the founder of Kherson, two weeks ago .... Russia removes bones of 18th-century commander revered by Putin from occupied Ukrainian city (CNN), and then told residents they if they want to leave, now was the time to do it. And much of the population did leave. If that is not a sign that Russian forces were going to leave, I then do not know what is.
But CNN is ignoring the bigger question. Did US authorities push Ukraine for a significant battlefield victory before the US midterms to show the American public that the US effort in Ukraine is worth it. I know that my sources in Kyiv are telling me that the U.S. did just that.
Thus Article Did Russia Put Off Announcing Kherson Retreat Until After The U.S. Midterm Elections?
You are now reading the article Did Russia Put Off Announcing Kherson Retreat Until After The U.S. Midterm Elections? with the link address https://todaysand.blogspot.com/2022/11/did-russia-put-off-announcing-kherson.html
0 Response to "Did Russia Put Off Announcing Kherson Retreat Until After The U.S. Midterm Elections?"
Post a Comment