Mick Ryan
OK, so I ripped off an old Christmas story a little bit. But, the day before Putin’s big parade in Red Square, I thought I would explore the potential for a Ukrainian attack.
Many have speculated that Putin’s rationale for his recent three-day truce offer was to ensure that he had an uninterrupted 9 May Victory Day parade. It would be embarrassing in the extreme, particularly with his good mate President Xi attending, to have some kind of Ukrainian attack or drone fly past during his big day.
This is possibly the reason for Putin’s unilateral truce offer. But I think that the more likely driver was to keep stringing Donald Trump along, and ensure America remains engaged in peace negotiations after Trump’s comments about Putin in the wake of his recent meeting with Zelenskyy in Rome.
Regardless, the Ukrainian president rejected the 3-day peace offer.
More intriguingly, the head of Ukrainian military intelligence General Budanov intimated in his own way that the Russians should watch the skies on 9 May. His actual quote was “bring ear plugs”.
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