Irresponsible Escalation: Despite Biden Administration Denials, Ukraine Is Attacking Russian Territory Using US Equipment and Resources
Biden has jumped over 'red line': to be involved in attacks inside Russia's 'internationally recognized' borders
In a checklist of the 'worse things that could happen' in the ongoing proxy war of the West against Russia, Ukrainian attacks on Russian territory with the utilization of military equipment provided by the US has got to be very near the top.
The Joe Biden administration from hell is adamant that it must send countless billions to support Kiev's Nazi regime to conduct military operations inside the occupied (or liberated) areas of Ukraine (or Novorussia), and even on the Crimean peninsula.
But there is a recognized red line: to be involved in attacks inside Russia's 'internationally recognized' borders is to invite the worst kind of retaliation, and maybe even risk escalating the situation into a WW3 scenario of NATO against nuclear Russia.
On Sunday (May 21st) a raiding party from Ukraine attacked the Belgorod Oblast, in Russia. When the DAG (diversion and recon group) was finally eliminated, it left over 70 dead and a LOT of US equipment behind.
That's it: the red line has been crossed. So, the obfuscation has to begin.
The channel Rybar, with over 1,1M subscribers on Telegram, sums up the current Russian sentiment:
"At first Washington was silent for 24 hours, observing the situation. When it became clear that Russia was once again losing in the information space and that the military's sortie was having a positive propaganda effect, Miller burst into a post about that 'Ukraine decides for itself how to conduct hostilities'.
[…] However, as soon as it became clear that the attack by Ukrainian saboteurs had been thwarted, and […] photos of abandoned US equipment […] appeared on the web, the State Department rhetoric changed dramatically to 'this is not our weaponry'.
[…] The Head of the Press Service of the US Department of State, Matthew Miller, said at a regular briefing that US authorities 'doubt the veracity of reports' that Ukrainian saboteurs had used US-provided weapons during a sortie in the Belgorod Region.
Then an even more amusing Report emerged, the Pentagon said it did not approve the transfer of equipment supplied to Ukraine to a third party, and Kiev had not requested it."
Pentagon spokesman, Patrick Ryder: "We saw these messages. We certainly continue to monitor something very closely. I can say that we can confirm that the U.S. government did not approve of the transfer of equipment to any third parties - paramilitary groups that are not part of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Ukraine also did not request any such supplies. That's what we'll keep watching."
Russian Foreign Ministry representative, Maria Zakharova: “They [the US] are afraid of being recognized as a country that participates in this conflict not just as an observer, not just as a mediator, but as an active country, much more active than the Kiev regime itself.”
I wrote on the Gateway Pundit about how the attack, having no discernible military objective, was indeed a psy-op designed to distract public opinion from the rather humiliating defeat in Bakhmut. Read more in Ukrainians Attack Across the Border in Belgorod, Russian Territory – Diversion to Distract From Recent Loss in Bakhmut – Troops Concentrated in Other Border Areas to Create Panic
But after the attacking group was destroyed, a lot US equipment and weapons were retrieved, creating a complication that needed the usual MSM disinformation effort.
Check this headline from the Financial Times: 'Militias used US armored Vehicles in Attack Over Russian Border'. Furthermore, Ukrainians deny any involvement.
We are used to their bullshit spewing, but this is a bit too much: some fictional 'Russian guerrillas', an 'independent' group of armed men came from inside Ukrainian territory using American armored vehicles, attacked peaceful settlements and used civilian as human shields.
The Ukrainian and American involvement on the episode is undeniable.
Furthermore, there is additional evidence that the US ma7y have coordinated the actions of the Ukrainian DRG in the Belgorod region.
"The American commercial satellite GeoEye-1 of Maxar company filmed the Grayvoronsky district of the Belgorod region two days before the penetration of the Ukrainian sabotage and reconnaissance group into its territory, follows from the company's data published on its website.
A map of the area has been published on the company's website, the pictures are dated May 20."
The images were made on the same day that Bakhmut fell, so it REALLY demonstrates that this was planned diversion from the "Bakhmut meat grinder" defeat.
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Since Ukraine pretends not to have anything to do with the failed incursion, it's natural that they would now be predicting other similar incursions, right? No?
Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine, Aleksey Danilov: "The events in the Belgorod region may be repeated in other regions of Russia. Bryansk, Kursk, Voronezh regions, other territories cannot be safe."
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This irresponsible escalation must stop. Now, with the idea of handing F-16 jets, the same 'red line' is repeated: these can't and won't be used for attacks inside Russia, but only for 'liberating occupied territory' in Ukraine.
Too late. Biden has jumped with both feet over the red line.
The US have not been the good guys in a very long time.