The cold winter was bitter, but this did not stop the Russian and Ukrainian armies. Instead, the war became more and more intense and bloody. What’s even more serious is that a series of recent signs show that the conflict between Russia and Ukraine is likely to escalate and is v

The cold winter was bitter, but this did not stop the Russian and Ukrainian armies. Instead, the war became more and more intense and bloody. What’s even more serious is that a series of recent signs show that the conflict between Russia and Ukraine is likely to escalate and is very likely to evolve into a large-scale war.

According to Russian media reports on December 17, Russian Presidential Press Secretary Peskov recently publicly disclosed that the day before, President Putin visited the Russian Joint Staff Headquarters and worked here for almost a whole day, listening to battlefield reports on special military operations, meeting with commanders of various units, and holding meetings. Russian media commented on this that it was rare for Putin to personally participate in the formulation of war plans since the conflict broke out. Some observers of Russian current affairs believe that this shows that the current conflict between Russia and Ukraine is on the verge of a major escalation.

It has been nearly 10 months since the conflict broke out. Putin seems to have not been so personally involved in the specific battlefield command plan, but this time he did so, which is obviously of great importance. Sure enough, Putin's abnormal behavior made the Ukrainian authorities deeply anxious. After learning of the news, Ukrainian Defense Minister Alexi Reznikov and Ukrainian military commanders and senior officers jointly issued a warning, saying that Russia may launch a large-scale military operation on the Ukrainian battlefield starting from the New Year of 2023. One of the targets of the attack will be Kiev, the capital of Ukraine. A full-scale war is likely to kick off in the first three months of the New Year.

Not only the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense is very keen on the sense of war, but also the Ukrainian President Zelensky who brought Ukraine into the fire pit of war is equally keen. On the morning of the 16th, the Russian army suddenly took action, using 10 Tu-95 strategic bombers to launch a new round of air strikes targeting major cities in eastern and southern Ukraine, including Kiev, and launched more than 70 missiles , once again paralyzing power and energy facilities in this large area. After the air strike, faced with a tragic situation, Zelensky had no choice but to warn various departments of the Ukrainian military, saying that if Russia wanted to launch a more violent attack on Ukraine, it had enough missiles and "we must be wary of Russia's new 'heavy attack'."

Zelensky may have been right again, and Russia may indeed be preparing to launch a "heavy attack" on Ukraine as a back-up move. GreecePentapostagma news network disclosed on the 16th that in the past two months, Russia has been sending troops to Belarus. At the same time, Russia and Belarus are stepping up their military buildup to the border area near Ukraine. The current military deployment should exceed 200,000 people, and they are also equipped with thousands of tanks, hundreds of military aircraft and a large number of light and heavy weapons and equipment. The Russian-Belarusian coalition forces are pressing down on the border. Once they launch an offensive into Ukraine, it will be a "Russian hurricane" military operation.

What makes Ukraine even more difficult to prepare for is that this "hurricane" will not blow from one direction, but from the north and east. In addition, the Russian army has now achieved a favorable situation in the battle in the Bakhmut area, and victory has basically become a foregone conclusion. After the Russian army completely captures the Bakhmut area, it will inevitably march towards Kiev from the south. By then, Kiev, the capital of Ukraine, will be attacked by the Russian army from three sides, and the situation is precarious. The Zelenskiy regime is not far away from being "beheaded".

The war between Russia and Ukraine has been going on for so long, and Putin has always insisted on limiting the scale of the war to a military conflict, that is, a "special military operation." But now the situation is obviously different, and the pace of all-out war is getting closer. At this critical moment, Putin came to the Russian Joint Staff to formulate a war plan. Ukraine should have understood the major signal this matter sent.