@Gingerwarthog
The Institute for the study of war (US think tank) has stated that they believe that the Russian forces are slowly building up to an attack of Kyiv in the next 24 to 96 hours. (That was on the 8th March.)
Don't know if that is likely to be chemical but the fact they are 'preparing the stage' with their false claims that the US are developing biological and chemical weapons in Ukraine is a worrying developing.
As the cathedrals and buildings in Kyiv have religious and historical significance for the Russian people and Orthodox Church deploying those weapons might be their horrific way of preserving those while massacring civilians.
Its now the 10th March.
That suggests that there is two days of that estimate left.
There are talks today.
They are playing psyops. Nasty ones.
They want a swift conclusion. If they don't get that they will raise Kyiv and do as much harm to the civilian population as possible, because they think they can get away with it. Mariupol is being held hostage. They will do a Stalingrad to it.
Zelensky has said he and his country will fight to the death. They are testing that resolve. Zelensky, unsurprisingly, is looking tired and like he is struggling more than he wants to let on. He's jewish and he's educated, he understands all to well the concept of genocide.
This is all about trying to break the will of Zelensky and the Ukrainian people. And demonstrate the imputance of the West.
The talks today are using the civilians against Zelensky as a bargaining chip. They are saying look what we are doing, this is what we will do and if you don't surrender, it is on your head.
So today will be more of the same, but they won’t start on Kyiv until the conclusion of them. The threat is implicit. This is Kyivs last chance and we won't hold back because we don't believe in human rights.
Human rights and treaties do not mean anything once you pass a certain point in some societies. There just isn't an understanding or respect for them. There is no further fear of consequences. Russia has no use for them. They think they are a weakness to be exploited.
I think a few people need to wrap their heads around this, because the Western public are staggeringly naive to a point that is actually dangerous in its own right.
The American government, the British government know it. The Baltic government s know it. The Polish government knows it. Beyond that im not 100% convinced. I think the French have pretty much been told.
The Americans are playing it cool and standing back because they don't want to do anything which will resonate with the Russian people in terms of what Putin is saying because if they do the fear is that will galvanise his support. Hence no to polish jets. (its also why they aren't too worried about other weapons, its the who and the fanfare not the weapons themselves.)
They instead are hoping a complete shutdown of Russian economy will spark something and make it difficult for him to do more. Its a long shot, i fear but theyve calculated its the best.
Zelensky's speeches are designed to be an epitaph to history btw. Just in case. Thats what we watched. He wants the world to know and remember.
I do think we will wake up one day and he will be dead. Because its essential to Russian psyops at this point.
I do think all this stuff about 'not my war' is idiocy. I am very aware we cannot do anything yet because the penny hasn't dropped about the extent of what Putin is prepared to do and how much of a threat he is. The will come a point where he will cross a line though I suspect and the radicalisation of Russians means the threat will last a generation if there isn't total collapse in some way. And thats not just economic collapse.
The horror of whats about to happen, is something which is incomprehensible.
But i dont think it will be avoided.