If the US has become the undisputed world leader in sending non-lethal “military advisors” to the middle east, then Russia is learning fast, and as Interfax just reported, the head of the Russian Armed Forces chief of staff Gerasimov just confirmed that Russian “military specialists” are now working in the Donetsk region, although not to support the separatist army, but topromote “conflict de-escalation.” One just has to admire politically correct war talk. But the punchline, from both Interfax and Bloomberg which also just reported this news, is that Russia is doing so at the “request of Ukraine’s head of general staff.” In other words, Ukraine actually invited the Russians.
From Interfax:
- RUSSIAN MILITARY SPECIALISTS WORKING IN DONETSK REGION TOWARD CONFLICT DE-ESCALATION AT UKRAINIAN GENERAL STAFF’S REQUEST – RUSSIAN ARMED FORCES CHIEF OF STAFF GERASIMOV
The Russian press agency reports that “Representatives of the Russian armed forces led by Lt. Gen. Alexander Lentsov have been sent to the community of Debaltseve in the Donetsk region at Ukrainian armed forces chief of staff Col. Gen. Viktor Muzhenko’s request,” Gerasimov said at a meeting with military attaches of a number of foreign countries on Wednesday.
“This mission has been tasked, together with the OSCE, with helping the conflicting parties, which are the Ukrainian forces and the local militia, to find compromise solutions on de-escalating the tension and withdrawing the troops from the contact line,” he said.
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