Ukraine’s military intelligence fears Russia could ‘declare’ victory over Ukraine – and even NATO – inside days.
It comes after high tension ‘peace talks’ ended days ago with delegates from Russia and america – with no inclusion of Ukrainian representatives.
Kyiv’s intelligence agency, the GUR, fears Putin may portray it as a conquer NATO as well, amounting to a defeat for the West.
In a press release, they said: ‘Russia is preparing to declare an alleged “victory” within the war against Ukraine by the “round date” – February 24, 2025, the third anniversary of the start of the full-scale war.
‘Furthermore, these plans may additionally include a “Russian victory over NATO”, as Muscovite propaganda has long described the war against Ukraine as a war with the Alliance.’
Monday marks the third anniversary of a war triggered by the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Most Ukrainians consider the conflict to have begun in 2014 when Putin illegally annexed Crimea and parts of eastern Ukraine.
If Russia decides to declare ‘victory’, it will come at a time of intense moves to finish the war led by Donald Trump.
But Europe and Ukraine fear a settlement would give a bonus to Russia, rewarding Putin for his military aggression.
The GUR said: ‘The special services of the aggressor state of Russia have been instructed by the Kremlin leaders to benefit from the intensification of diplomatic efforts by the brand new US administration to finish the Russian-Ukrainian war and the bilateral meeting of the US and Russian delegations in Saudi Arabia on February 18, 2025, in subversive information and psychological campaigns.’
A key aim was to ‘cover the status of an aggressor and war criminal isolated by the civilised world with the cloak of a supposedly ready for peaceful settlement ‘constructive side of the conflict.’
Countries hostile to Russia gaining territory through its war of aggression can be branded ‘enemies of peace’.
Putin’s propaganda machine and intelligence services are ‘on instructions from the Kremlin, are stepping up efforts to incite disbelief amongst Ukrainian society, destabilise the situation inside our country and discredit Ukraine amongst partner states that provide critical military assistance to our Security and Defence Forces within the fight against the occupiers’, the GUR said.
Earlier this week, Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky said Trump is a victim of Russian ‘disinformation’ when the 2 leaders exchanged fiery comments.
Trump said Zelensky ‘talked america of America into spending $350 Billion, to enter a War that couldn’t be won’.
He blasted Zelensky in a Truth Social post that he also shared on X (formerly Twitter) on Wednesday, a day after US and Russian officials left Zelensky out of peace negotiations in Saudi Arabia.
‘Within the meantime, we’re successfully negotiating an end to the War with Russia, something all admit only “TRUMP,” and the Trump Administration, can do,’ the US president wrote.
‘Biden never tried, Europe has did not bring Peace, and Zelenskyy probably wants to maintain the “gravy train” going.’
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