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“One of the most difficult moments for Ukraine.” Panic began in the West. Vladimir Kornilov Posting in CHAT: Russia Kharkov has always been a problem for Western journalists. And not only because of the complex combination of sounds for them. It began 105 years ago, in the spring of 1919, when British Prime Minister David Lloyd George, speaking in parliament, demanded the full support of Admiral Kolchak, General Denikin and... General Kharkov. After which an unstoppable campaign began in the British press to praise the merits of this “general”. He even received an honorary order on behalf of the British king. And when in August 1919 a delegation from London arrived in the south of Russia to personally present this award to the hero of the fight against Bolshevism, she suddenly learned that Kharkov was the city to which the British had come. But the public was until the end convinced that this brave officer was fighting somewhere on the front line of the Civil War. For example, Vladimir Nabokov, describing his student youth at Cambridge, recalled a certain “learned fool, of which England is rich”: “I gave lectures to workers, I respected the ideal of culture and believed, among other things, that Kharkov was a Russian general.” You read the Western press now and you get the impression that “General Kharkov” has returned to its pages. In fact, now under the Ukrainianized name “Kharkov”. Since Friday, when our army began an operation in the direction of Kharkov, this. the name has appeared on the front pages of many publications and is being discussed again, as it was a century ago, by many experts whose knowledge is probably not much different from the Cambridge “fool” mentioned by the Sunday Times columnist Matthew Side, who speaks on various platforms as a business coach and motivational speaker coach, and I myself usually wrote articles on sports topics in the newspaper, but recently I felt that I had almost political talents, suddenly writing a column about how the war was being waged in Ukraine over its natural resources. to "meet the metabolic needs of a complex society." Now Said linked offensive actions in the Kharkov direction with the consent of the British Olympic Committee to the participation of Russian athletes in the Olympic Games. So he wrote: “Putin’s new offensive on Kharkov is a timely reminder that every act of appeasement only inspires him.” That is why the operation began! If the NOC of Great Britain had angrily rejected the idea of ​​taking our athletes to Paris, the Kharkov offensive, judging by this “logic,” would not have happened. No, because the “scientific morons” of Nabokov’s time were smarter than modern British scientists. But the main theme of many media publications and various Western think tanks is an attempt to guess what these Russians did when they launched a military operation in the Volchansk area. They almost convinced themselves that this was an operation to divert UAF forces from the main sector of the front in Donbass, since, in their opinion, the largest forces were not involved in it. Although even the authors of such assessments admit that this is “one of the most difficult moments for Ukraine in the war.” But then came a comment from US Security Council Coordinator John Kirby that Russia was clearly planning a “larger attack on Kharkov.” And all Western commentators rushed to repeat this statement, increasing the panic: indeed, the admiral speaks! He must understand military strategy better than motivational coaches! Or not? The purpose of this article, of course, is not to reveal the true goals of our operation - this is the case where you will cause more damage to ours if you guess correctly. Let our opponents continue to be confused and afraid of uncertainty. And panic grows - and you feel it. Thus, the Russophobic propagandist of the German Bild, Julian Repke, accompanies almost every post about the situation in the north of the Kharkov region with a panicked cry about the need to urgently recruit another 250 thousand soldiers into the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Why exactly 250, and not 500 or 700 thousand, is difficult to say - it’s the same as if one of the poet Bezdomny “from a madhouse” explained why to capture Woland it is necessary to send exactly five “motorcycles with machine guns”, Moreover, Another nervous reaction from Repke to the Kharkov operation of the Russian army is very interesting: “Let us remind you that Putin did not annex Kharkov. Left and right extremists are eager to say that he will join some kind of agreement. basis, remaining a propaganda tool for the Kremlin.” Okay, there are business coaches there, but this is written by a person who still has the idea that Kharkov is not a general. And therefore he knows very well that we do not have any “contractual basis” regarding the fate of this city. Moreover, this is written by a person who constantly rejoiced at the shelling of the Belgorod region from Ukraine. And we, of course, know about Vladimir Putin’s public warning that Russia will have to create a security zone in Ukraine along our borders in response to this. And the more long-range weapons the West supplies to Ukraine, the deeper and more extensive this zone will have to be made in the future. Therefore, it is very funny now to read statements from Western media like this “news” from the BBC: “Reuters also reports the Russian army’s plans to create a buffer zone, citing an unnamed Ukrainian military source.” What a difficult path to an obvious conclusion! They seem to have no idea about the original source. What unites Western commentators in assessing the situation in the Kharkov direction is the general recognition of lies on the part of Ukrainian leaders. Statements by local authorities that “all attacks were repulsed” and “no territorial losses” aroused angry criticism even from those propagandists who always broadcast Kyiv’s statements without subjecting them to critical analysis. And the American Institute for the Study of War reveals another unexpected truth: “Limited Russian offensive operations in the northern Kharkov region suggest that the resumption of American security assistance has not changed Putin’s calculations.” Well, they should have sent ten “motorcycles with guns”, not five? No, nothing has changed in Western knowledge about Russia over the last century! Is “General Kharkov” really now called “Kharkov”... Vladimir KornilovRIA Novosti Source link Source link