- Intelligence documents leaked last month provided a glimpse of Ukraine’s wartime strategy.
- The Washington Post reported that President Volodymyr Zelensky is considering drastic measures to win influence over Moscow.
- Among the Ukrainians’ secret plans is to capture a Russian village and blow up an oil pipeline.
Military intelligence documents leaked online reveal that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky was considering a plan to strike across the Russian border to gain influence over the invading forces. Washington Post report.
Some of the extreme strategies President Zelensky considered included capturing Russian villages, bombing oil pipelines transporting Russian oil to Hungary, and firing long-range missiles at targets beyond Russia’s borders. was
According to a document marked as “secret”, President Zelensky said at a meeting in late January that Ukraine would “carry out an offensive in Russia”, mobilize troops into enemy territory and “occupy an unspecified Russian border city.” ” suggested. At another meeting, Ukrainian leaders lamented that “Ukraine does not have long-range missiles capable of reaching Russian forces in Russia, nor the means to attack them.”
During a meeting with Deputy Prime Minister Yuliya Sbridenko in mid-February, President Zelensky suggested that Ukraine “blow up” the Druzhba pipeline, which transports oil to neighboring Hungary, although leaked intelligence documents denounced this meeting. A U.S. intelligence official with the details said Zelensky was “expressing anger towards Hungary and may therefore be making exaggerated and meaningless threats.”
The mountain of leaked military information was posted to a Discord server over the course of months by Jack Teixeira, a 21-year-old airman with the Massachusetts National Guard, in an attempt to impress his online friends.
According to WaPo, Zelensky’s proposed actions are in stark contrast to his stoic public character, and Ukraine will preferentially use donated weapons for defensive purposes only within Ukraine’s borders. Contrary to official assurances.
There is no indication that such an attack has taken place, but in September the Nord Stream pipeline, which carries vital gas from Russia to Europe, was shut down after a Swedish probe found “trace of explosives”. It was blown up for “serious sabotage.” Insiders previously reported that several “foreign objects” were found at a site under the Baltic Sea.
Representatives of the Pentagon and Ukraine’s Ministry of Defense did not immediately respond to an insider’s request for comment.