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Civil War?
I have said for over a year I expect the dissolution of the Russian Federation. I have also said that I expect to see a civil war, at the very least. Social forces accelerated after the start of this phase of the war on February 24 of, 2022.
Now we have two Russian volunteer formations deepening their control of Russian territory in Belgorod Oblast.
First, so we dispense with this. Here is the official stand of the Ukrainian government:
“As far as we understand, the people who actually rose up against the Putin regime and of course this causes dissatisfaction among everyone”
Ukraine is not fighting on someone else’s territory, but is exclusively engaged in the deoccupation of its own territory. — Hanna Maliar Deputy Minister of Defense of Ukraine.
The forces are coming from the territory of Ukraine, however, as far as Ukraine is concerned, these are part of an internal civil war. It’s one I expected.
So what’s going on in Belgorod? First, the base of operations for this Russian force has expanded. And according to Volyamedia:
What happened overnight and the situation in the Belgorod region at 14:50
According to information from the military of the Russian Federation, located in the Belgorod region, at night, part of…