KYIV, Ukraine — Ukraine’s military intelligence chief says that Russia could try to break Ukraine in two.
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Kyrylo Budanov said in remarks released by the Defense Ministry on Sunday that Russian President Vladimir Putin has realized “he can’t swallow the entire country” and would likely try to split the country under “the Korean scenario.” That’s a reference to the decades-old division between North and South Korea.
Budanov said that “the occupiers will try to pull the occupied territories into a single quasi-state structure and pit it against independent Ukraine.” He pointed to Russian attempts to set up parallel government structures in occupied cities and to bar people from using the Ukrainian currency, the hryvnia.
Budanov predicted that Ukrainian resistance will grow into a “total” guerrilla warfare, derailing Russia’s attempts.
Why would anyone think the Russians would stop after just one partition? They already have pulled that stunt twice.
It may not be a bad idea. Margaret Thatcher, a known opponent of Germany’s reunification, once quipped “I like Germany so much, I want there to be two of them.”
Why not two Ukraines? I love them at least that much, probably more.
Won’t work despite senile corrupt Beijing joe
The only thing less believable than US intel is Ukrainian intel.
Ok, Russian intel, too.