WAR & DIPLOMACY — WAR IN UKRAINE
Ukraine, The First Chapter to War in Eastern Europe
Whether Putin can do it is another matter
And there it is folks….
In an interview that has finally been making the rounds over the last few days, Colonel-General Andrei Mordvichev, a commander who Putin recently promoted in July (probably in prep for Prigozhin’s death), admitted in an interview on Russia-1, that Ukraine is just a stepping stone.
You can watch the interview here.
Putting this into perspective, keep in mind that Russia-1 television is a state media channel. So they are going to provide an interview that pleases the Kremlin and the hardliners. Essentially Mordvichev was ensuring Kremlin hardliners that he is going to do what’s asked. Generals are just as easily replaced as ground troops in the Russian military. The moment Mordvichev doesn’t do or fails to do what the Kremlin wants — he will be replaced.
However this interview is more a look into the mind of what Putin and the hardline Siloviki want. That goal seems to be Eastern Europe.
I’ve written about this long before. If you want a fresh look, have a read of the following two articles where I describe why the War in Ukraine is likely to become a long…
