KONSTANTINOVKA CALLING

How will the fall of the most important stronghold in the Donbas affect the stability of Volodymyr Zelensky’s neo-Nazi regime?

 

 

Por Sir Charlattam 

Whilst in the West the media were distracting public attention with the World Cup, the overwhelming bombardment of Ukrainian defensive positions in Konstantinovka had swept away the fortifications that could have halted an armoured advance from the east, leaving the door wide open for the arrival of the Russian infantry. Communications on the other side of the Kryvyi Torets River were cut off and all contact with the units in the sector was lost, making the nightmare all the more unbearable. It did not take long for the Ukrainian commanders to realise that the Russians had slipped through and were encircling the town. Options? Flee quickly whilst we still can.

At the same time, at NATO headquarters in Brussels and the MI6 offices in London, a sense of helplessness and fury was rife, intensified by the catastrophe a few days earlier in Odessa, where much of the Atlanticist equipment and assets that had arrived by ship were lost due to Russian bombardments. But what annoyed Zelensky’s backers most was not the loss of a few expendable resources but rather the strategic defeat represented by the loss of this town.

Once again, the media in European capitals, and particularly in London, began to adapt imaginative narratives to portray this terrible strategic blow to Atlanticist expectations, using the argumentative contortions that typically characterize such disasters, as a victory. As part of these desperate maneuvers to try to twist the meaning of events, Zelensky himself quickly came out to deny the evidence while simultaneously seeking to initiate talks with Moscow.

In recent months, Zelensky's forces had been relying on the tactic of terrorism against Russian civilian populations, and even attacks against Moscow, and these could not have been carried out without the support (of strategic intelligence) and assistance of Atlanticist advisors and personnel trained specifically in the use of the American HIMARS rocket battery systems and the British Storm Shadow. Following the naval blockade of Odessa, the supply of these weapons will become a very difficult problem to solve, and the Foreign Office is well aware of this.

Let us remember that this served a psychological rather than a military purpose, as it was aimed at turning Russian public opinion against Vladimir Putin’s government, portraying it as inept and incapable of protecting its own people. At the same time, it was a major ploy designed to provoke Putin into losing his temper and launching an excessive attack on the capital, Kiev, thereby giving the self-righteous champions of democracy an excuse to accuse him of aggression.

Once again, the Russian leader demonstrated what he is made of and that his political experience (unlike in the West) is not merely the result of the idle passing of the years.

Whilst the media maintained their customary silence regarding developments on the front line in Ukraine, Putin was informed that troops had managed to penetrate the town of Konstantinovka and were already surrounding the last stronghold, which formed a small pocket that would fall within a matter of hours. 

As he has done during every crucial operation on the front line, he did not hesitate to put other items on the agenda on hold and hurried off to meet with the senior military leadership, led by General Valery Gerasimov, and Defence Minister Andrei Belousov himself, to be briefed on the latest reports regarding the situation.

As you will appreciate, President Putin does not shirk his duties when the situation is of such importance. There was no doubt about the outcome of the assault on the strategic town, which serves as a key hub for the liberation of other important towns such as Kramatorsk. Russian President Vladimir Putin has sent a geopolitical signal of the utmost clarity by appearing in public wearing a military uniform during the General Staff’s working session, where, having been briefed on the situation, he declared before the Chief of the General Staff and his commanders: “The territory of the Luhansk People’s Republic has been completely liberated,” before going on to review the objectives achieved, which form part of a broader and definitive goal. In this regard, Russian troops have liberated 133 towns and villages since the start of the year and have taken control of more than 3,000 square kilometres (1864,11 miles) in the Donbas and Novorossiya.

But the liberation of Konstantinovka has not only been a strategic military triumph; it has also dealt a blow to the cognitive warfare being waged by the West, which seeks to portray Zelensky’s neo-Nazis as supposed victors. It also represents a significant loss to Ukraine’s steel infrastructure, as the town was home to one of the most important industrial and metallurgical centres for the production of structural steel and glass. Furthermore, and perhaps most importantly for the conduct of military operations, the capture of one of the highly strategic railway junctions will enable further advances towards the outskirts of Kiev, should this prove necessary.