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NYT report confirms Pentagon’s ‘open secret’ role in Ukrainian ops – expert
The recent New York Times investigation into America’s “hidden role” in the Ukraine conflict has confirmed that the Pentagon played a key role in most of Kiev’s significant military operations against Russia, information analyst Sergey Poletaev has told RT.
In a lengthy report published on Saturday, the US paper claimed that the administration of former US President Joe Biden provided Ukraine with support that went far beyond arms shipments. The cooperation involved intelligence sharing, strategic planning and daily coordination at a US military facility in Wiesbaden, Germany, where American and Ukrainian officers set targeting priorities, which they euphemistically called “points of interest” so as to avoid sounding overly provocative.
According to Poletaev, the report did not offer any groundbreaking revelations.
“It has long been clear that the Americans sought to fight Russia with the hands of Ukraine and that the main contribution they make is intelligence and supply of some kind of strike systems, for which they, in turn, provide intelligence,” he told RT on Sunday.
“It was no secret that the eyes and ears and brain behind any serious Ukrainian actions were the Pentagon. Here you go, all this has just been confirmed,” the analyst said.
The investigation, however, “is useful” since it “shows the train of thought of the American side.” At some point, Poletaev said, the US realized they couldn’t fully control Ukraine’s actions.
“They understood that the puppet they had on their hand was not entirely controllable. The puppet behaved as it saw fit,” he explained. The analyst emphasized that this dynamic is crucial for understanding the conflict’s progression and is indicative of situations “when the tail begins to wag the dog.”
Poletaev described the Ukraine conflict as a classic proxy war, reminiscent of those during the Cold War era. In that respect, he noted that it’s interesting that the NYT described it as “a rematch” for US-Russia proxy wars in Vietnam, Afghanistan and Syria.
Why so many proxy wars? It keeps the inventories moving in the War Industry without which America's economy would completely collapse.
According to the analyst, the findings are unlikely to have any impact on the talks between Moscow and Washington on settling the conflict.
The NYT investigation was based on over 300 interviews with current and former policymakers, Pentagon officials, intelligence officers, and military personnel in Ukraine, the US, Britain, and other European countries. It details the cooperation between Washington and Kiev from the early days of the conflict through late 2024.
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UK private school crest found on Ukrainian soldier killed in Russia
Russian soldiers have discovered the crest of the prestigious UK school that taught Britain’s King Charles III on a Ukrainian fighter killed in Kursk Region, western Russia, RIA Novosti reported on Saturday.
Gordonstoun is a private boarding senior school in Moray, Scotland, and maintains sailing as a key element of its curriculum. It is the alma mater of both Charles and his late father Prince Philip.
The school’s coat of arms and ‘Gordonstoun Sail Training’ could be seen emblazoned on the soldier’s fleece in a video taken by Russian assault forces from the 22nd Motorized Rifle Regiment of army grouping ‘North’, and given to the news agency. Clothing marked this way is not generally available for sale except to students of the institution. The Ukrainian was part of a paratrooper unit eliminated in the settlement of Guevo in Kursk Region, according to RIA.
The border region saw a major incursion by Ukraine in August of last year, and earlier in March Russian forces began a major counteroffensive, liberating more than a dozen settlements since.
The Russian Defense Ministry gives regular reports about foreign fighters killed while serving for Ukraine in Kursk Region, and in Ukrainian attacks on neighboring border regions.
Foreign mercenaries fighting for Kiev are not protected by the Geneva Convention, and if caught committing war crimes against civilians will be treated as terrorists, Russian President Vladimir Putin warned earlier in March.
Around 6,000 foreigners have been killed fighting for Ukraine since the conflict escalated in 2022, the Russian Defense Ministry said last year.
According the ministry’s latest estimates, more than 70,000 Ukrainian troops have been killed in Kursk Region since the beginning of the incursion last August.
70,000 Ukrainians died in Kursk, a little chunk of Russian land that's poor as dirt, and for what reason?
Were they trying to defeat Russia, a country with 4-5 times the population and about 30 times the land mass, as well as having nuclear weapons? What madness!
