❗️Blitzkrieg or Minor Incursion: The debate has shifted from IF to HOW #Russia will invade #Ukraine: “one massive nationwide attack; a series of bites that dismantle the country, piece by piece; or a cobra-like squeeze,” @SangerNYT nytimes.com/2022/02/20/us/…
🚨‼️Pentagon & US intel officials describe the “worst-case scenario” they now believe is likely in #Kyiv, #Ukraine:
1/ Terror: 1-2 weeks of constant rocket attacks
2/ Street fighting
3/ Hunt: for anyone who supported the democratically elected govt of Zelensky (ie, kill lists)
1/ Terror: 1-2 weeks of constant rocket attacks
2/ Street fighting
3/ Hunt: for anyone who supported the democratically elected govt of Zelensky (ie, kill lists)
❗️The “hunt” (presumably the kill lists reported by @ak_mack) is to prevent mass protests in #Kyiv, a la #Euromaidan 8 yrs ago. “Putin remembers… he is determined not to let street protesters interfere with his strategy to control the country, and the region, for a second time.”
@ak_mack THREAD re #Russia's "Kill Lists" for a post-invasion campaign of arrests & assassinations in #Ukraine.
NB the targets aren't only Ukrainians, but Russian exiles. Proof Putin's fear isn't NATO. It's to kill Ukraine as a haven for #democracy & his critics.
NB the targets aren't only Ukrainians, but Russian exiles. Proof Putin's fear isn't NATO. It's to kill Ukraine as a haven for #democracy & his critics.
https://twitter.com/PaulaChertok/status/1494847780589740034
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