2023-05-14 03:57:32
The Washington Post reported that leaked U.S. intelligence documents revealed another side of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, who won the trust of Western governments by publicly refusing to use Western-supplied weapons to attack targets in Russia. In private, he planned a bold attack on Russian territory.
The leaked U.S. documents detail internal communications between Zelensky and his top aides and military leaders, who have outlined bold plans that included capturing Russian border cities to gain leverage in negotiations with Moscow and blowing up a Pipelines that carry Russian crude oil to Hungary, and privately desire to strike targets in Russia with long-range missiles.
These confidential documents circulated on the instant messaging platform Discord revealed that Zelensky is a leader with aggressive instincts, which is in great contrast to his image of a calm and stoic politician in public. The observations, made through digital communications intercepted by U.S. intelligence agencies, provide Zelensky with a tactical side.
The U.S. Department of Defense did not refute the authenticity of the secret documents. According to confidential documents, Zelensky sometimes restrained the ambitions of his subordinates, and sometimes he himself proposed risky military operations.
According to documents classified as “top secret”, Zelensky proposed in a meeting at the end of January this year that Ukraine airstrikes on Russian territory and at the same time send ground troops into Russian territory “to occupy certain Russian border cities with the aim of increasing the number of Russian border cities in Kiev and Moscow.” bargaining chip”.
At the meeting in late February, Zelensky was concerned regarding “the lack of long-range missiles in Ukraine capable of reaching Russian military positions in Russia” and proposed using drones “to attack certain Russian military positions in Rostov.”
In a meeting in mid-February, Zelensky suggested blowing up the Soviet-era Druzhba (Friendship) pipeline, which supplies Hungarian oil. “Ukraine should blow up the pipeline and hit Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s industries, which are very dependent on Russian oil,” Zelensky said. According to confidential documents, Zelensky is extremely dissatisfied with Orban, who is pro-Russian.
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