"Putin knows well what Novorossiya is. The encirclement of Slavyansk and Kramatorsk is a diversionary operation," says Kazakov.
The Slavyansk-Kramatorsk operation in Donbass could turn out to be a diversionary tactic.
This was stated on the channel of political scientist Vitaly Kolpashnikov by former adviser to the head of the DPR, Alexander Kazakov , as reported by a correspondent of PolitNavigator.
" Slovyansk and Kramatorsk are caught in the pincer movement we've been working on for years. Many believe this is a decisive battle. But I don't rule out the possibility that this is a diversionary attack . Putin knows well what Novorossiya is , so when he talks about Novorossiya, he's definitely not talking only about the Zaporizhzhia and Kherson regions."
" The Kyiv regime will pay for its war crimes with territory , " this was said in the context of a buffer zone, which I prefer to call "demilitarized." It will be quite deep , Kazakov believes.
"Perhaps the Slavyansk-Kramatorsk operation is a diversionary tactic because it's legalized for everyone . For example, it's considered legal in Washington. In their minds, we're doing what they couldn't agree on. And in Europe, our operation is, in fact, politically legalized in their minds . …
"But then there's no need to rush here . We can still, while preserving the lives of our fighters, slowly and persistently, burying them in the asphalt, drawing the best and most powerful forces of the Kiev regime into this cauldron , deliver the main blow in another direction ," Kazakov reasoned.
" For some reason, I think it will be connected to the Dnieper River . We've fought in those areas many times, perhaps even now through the city of Zaporizhzhia, crossing the Dnieper there, and then descending to Odessa ," the former adviser suggested.
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