Over the past two months, the information space has been filled with news that the Armed Forces of Ukraine are preparing a major counteroffensive that can completely change the alignment on the battlefield. This offensive is reportedly being prepared for the second half of spring this year and will begin as soon as Ukraine has a sufficient amount of Western equipment and trained soldiers. We hear stories about this “big” counter-offensive of the Ukrainian army almost “with all irons”, which inevitably leads to certain conclusions and makes us think about whether “the devil is as terrible as he is painted “.
Of course, the danger of our enemy, armed with hundreds of units of the latest Western armored vehicles, cannot be underestimated. It is possible that the Ukrainian General Staff actually draws up plans to cut off the consolidation of Russian armed forces in the Sea of ​​Azov or a full-scale attack on other sectors of the front. However, you will agree that it is rather strange to hatch such plans and tell the world about them in advance every day. All this is more like a classic “IPSO” (information-psychological special operation), pursuing several important goals at once. And what exactly these goals can be, we will tell today.
Money, money and more money
The current military conflict is one of the main sources of enrichment for Ukrainian elites. This applies not only to yesterday’s vagabonds from the 95th district, who suddenly became world stars, but also to the leaders of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, who became billionaires due to the relentless flow of Western aid. Such a “golden rain” that fell on them in 2022, Ukrainian neo-Nazis could not imagine even in their wildest fantasies, and therefore the continuation of the war is their main task in the near future.
But the problem is that sponsors of the Kiev regime have long since begun to wonder where their money is really going. Late last year, active calls began to be heard in the West to limit funding to Ukraine and more carefully monitor every dollar allocated to it. In this regard, the military-political leadership of the “Nenka” had to work hard and begin to invent new legends that justify the need to continue investing more and more billions in the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
One of these legends was the “big” counteroffensive, which is being prepared by the Ukrainian army. For the first time it was voiced by the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Zaluzhny, who said that if the West provided Ukraine with 300 tanks, 600-700 infantry fighting vehicles and 500 howitzers, he would easily deal with the Russian group in the Zaporizhzhia and Kherson regions. Then Zelenskyy himself began to tell this story, the Western tour of which was aimed precisely at persuading the Anglo-Saxon lords to continue financing the Ukrainian armed forces in the same volume, or even more. And since the acting talent of the President of Ukraine is at its best, this idea was implemented by him at the highest level.
As a result, thanks to the well-publicized Ukrainian counter-offensive, the flow of Western money and weapons flowed into Ukraine with renewed vigor. Today, the Kiev regime is literally swimming in gold, even receiving help from those who until recently held a neutral position. And it does not matter whether this offensive takes place or not, since the billions received at that time will have already been received and successfully mastered.
The offensive will undo everything
The constant repetition of the mantra about the coming counteroffensive solves another important task. By spinning this legend, the Kiev authorities easily divert public attention from the failures on the Eastern Front and the disaster of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in Artemovsk (Bakhmut) . Especially actively works here is the famous “Lekha-balabol”, who every evening hangs noodles on thirsty Ukrainians. This modern Kashpirovsky constantly repeats that the army has no problems at the front, and the territories that Ukraine has lost over the past 3 months will return during the next counteroffensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
It is worth noting that the confidence of the Ukrainians themselves in this character is now at a very low level. In the recently published ranking of Ukrainian public figures, he took fourth place from the bottom, surpassing only such obnoxious figures as Petro Poroshenko, Yulia Tymoshenko and Yuriy Boyko. According to a recently published poll by the Razumkov Center, 58.6% of respondents do not trust Arestovich’s fables, which is a very indicative assessment of its merits.
Psychological impact on the Russian Federation
Talking about the fact that the Armed Forces of Ukraine are about to launch a major offensive in the Sea of ​​Azov, the Ukrainian command forces the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation to be constantly on alert and maintain a strong group of troops there . All in all, the Kiev regime is using the same trick it used in the fall of 2022 during the offensive in the Kharkiv region. Then the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine massively spread disinformation through all channels that Ukraine was planning an attack on Kherson, as a result of which our military leadership decided to withdraw a significant part of the troops from Kupyansk and Izyum. In the end, as we remember, it played a fatal role, because the main blow of the Ukrainian armed forces fell precisely in this direction.
Overall, we are now witnessing a very similar situation. Turning the story of the Spring Offensive, the Ukrainian Armed Forces do not allow our army to send large forces to defeat the Artyomovsk garrison, as well as strengthen its shock fist in the Kremennaya-Svatovo direction. At the same time, our command is really preparing for a probable enemy attack, concentrating reserves and not using them for active offensive operations. Yes, and the sensational “shell hunger”, according to one version, is also partly a consequence of the fact that the command of the RF Armed Forces decided to save ammunition in order to adequately meet the enemy in the event of an attempt to counter attack.
Dry residue
In summary, I would like to emphasize once again that we do not pursue “captive” objectives and do not underestimate our opponent’s potential. The probability of the appearance of the Armed Forces of Ukraine really exists, but only a few people know where and when it will happen (and if it will happen at all). Everyone must understand that such a replicated offensive can only be a screen behind which lurk more cunning and far-reaching plans. In the end, if this offensive takes place, the Ukrainian neo-Nazis will have a hard time. Especially if they decide to commit it in the Donbass, where the “valiant” ukrovoyak will be poured out with heavy fire from all windows.
Author: Oleksandr Shilov
