As regards Biden’s desultory meandering into more and more indefensible policy moves, the ultimate question seems to be:
How deeply were the US and NATO involved in the planning and preparation of a secret operation to storm the Donbass in early March?
For the Russian Ministry of Defenсe is able to share documents showing that a secret offensive operation was planned for March of this year, coordinated by and with NATO and the US.
A facsimile of some of the documents is provided below. The complete documents can be found at this link (currently inaccessible).
https://function.mil.ru/files/morf/dokumentynua.pdf
Combat Order
The Russian MoD obtained original documents of a combat order from the Ukraine National Guard indicating that the rogue state had been preparing an offensive operation against Donetsk and Lugansk (Donbass) for March of this year.
The notes, provided by the Saker, are from a briefing by Major General Igor Konashenkov, SPOX for the Russian Ministry of Defence.
The documents contain the secret order by National Guard commander Colonel-General Nikolai Balan. The order is dated January 22, 2022.
The order is titled “On organizing the training of a battalion tactical group of the 4th operational brigade to perform combat (special) tasks in the joint forces operation as part of a brigade of the armed forces of Ukraine".
The document is addressed to the heads of the northern Kiev, southern Odessa, and western territorial departments of the National Guard of Ukraine.
The order explains the plan for preparing one of the shock groups for offensive operations in the so-called “Joint Forces Operation” zone in Donbass.
The document approves the organizational structure of the battalion-tactical group of the 4th operational brigade of the National Guard, the organization of its comprehensive support, and reassignment to the 80th separate air assault brigade of Ukraine.
Since 2016, this formation of the air assault troops of Ukraine has been trained by American and British instructors under the "NATO standard" training programs in Lvov.
As many as five paragraphs are devoted to how to carefully select personnel and their psychological curation so as to ensure a high level of motivation. Servicemen are provided with “visual agitation, information and propaganda materials, flags, and printing products".
All events of joint combat training of the nationalists are ordered to be completed by February 28 in order to further ensure the fulfillment of combat missions as part of the Ukrainian “Joint Forces Operation” in Donbass.
The document contains the original signatures of the officials of the command of the National Guard of Ukraine responsible for the tasks.
Both Ukraine and the West have previously insisted they had no plans for an attack.
The ultimate question seems to be:
How deeply were the US and NATO involved in the planning and preparation of a secret operation to storm the Donbass in early March?