Ukraine, a provocation and then the offensive: this is Moscow’s secret plan

NEW YORK – First of all, the provocation, probably a false attack on the pro-Russians in the Donbass, artfully constructed by the Moscow services to have a pretext. Then the offensive to respond, to be launched between Wednesday or Thursday, with two possible directives: a devastating operation, but limited in time, or the long-term occupation of Kiev.

These are the Kremlin’s plans to invade Ukraine, the “smoking gun” that Western intelligence has intercepted.