US lying about involvement in Kursk attack - Putin aide

RT
Fri, 16 Aug 2024 00:17 UTC

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Western intelligence services helped Ukraine plan the raid, Nikolay Patrushev has insisted

Kiev would never have staged an operation such as its incursion into Russia's Kursk Region without US and NATO support, former Security Council Secretary Nikolay Patrushev has insisted, accusing the US of playing a role in the attack.

Last week, Ukraine launched its largest attack on Russian territory since the outbreak of the conflict in February 2022. Western officials have voiced their support for the incursion into Kursk Region but denied any prior knowledge of the operation.

"The US leadership's claims of non-involvement in Kiev's actions in Kursk Region do not correspond to reality... Without their participation and direct support, Kiev would not have ventured into Russian territory," Patrushev told Izvestia in an interview published on Friday.

The adviser to President Vladimir Putin, who has recently been appointed to oversee Russia's global maritime strategy, emphasized that the West "put the criminal junta at the head of Ukraine," while" NATO countries have supplied Kiev with weapons, military instructors, and continuous intelligence while controlling the actions of neo-Nazis."

The operation in Kursk Region was also planned with the involvement of NATO and Western special services.

The advance of Kiev's troops was swiftly halted by Russian forces, although they maintain control over several settlements in Kursk Region. According to the local governor, at least 12 civilians have been killed and another 121 wounded due to the incursion, forcing more than 120,000 residents to evacuate.

"This criminal action stems from anticipation of the imminent collapse of the neo-Nazi Kiev regime," Patrushev said, adding that "the residents of Ukraine are suffering for the sake of American interests, as the US has turned the country into a military anti-Russian project."

Russian officials have stated that by attacking civilians in Kursk Region, Kiev has eliminated any chance for peace talks - an objective that Ukrainian officials claim the incursion brings closer. Moscow has characterized Kiev's military tactics in Russia as "terrorist," while saying that Western nations arming Kiev share responsibility for atrocities committed by Ukrainian troops.

"Washington's efforts have created all the prerequisites for Ukraine to lose its sovereignty and part of its territories, including those coveted by some American allies," Patrushev added.

Comment:
1) Related to this article is: Russia declares federal emergency in another region and the comments.

2) It is not possible to make such an incursion from Ukraine into Russia without strong support from NATO countries. The HIMARS weapon system is unlikely to be operated without US guidance and western operators in key positions. On this topic, read: Best of the Web: Michael Brenner: The West's Reckoning? from March 2024:

Moreover, there already are thousands of Westerners bolstering the Ukrainian armed forces. Roughly 4 - 5,000 Americans have been performing critical operational functions from the outset. The presence of a majority predates by several years the onset of hostilities 2 years ago. That contingent was augmented by a supplementary group of 1,700 last summer which was as a corps of logistic experts advertised as mandated to seek out and eradicate corruption in the black-marketing of pilfered supplies. The Pentagon people are sown thought the Ukrainian military from headquarters planning units, to advisers in the field, to technicians and Special Forces. It is widely understood that Americans have operated the sophisticated HIMARS long-range artillery and the Patriot air defense batteries. This last means that members of the U.S. military have been aiming - perhaps pulling the trigger on - weapons that kill Russians. In addition, the CIA has established a massive, multipurpose system able to conduct a wide range of Intelligence and operational activities- independently as well as in conjunction with the Ukrainian FSB. That includes tactical Intelligence on a day-by-day basis. We don't know whether they had a role in the campaign of targeted assassinations inside Russia.

3) HIMARS have been used in the operation, though fired from Ukraine. The same source published 15 Aug, 2024 17:05, Ukrainian HIMARS destroyed in Iskander strike - MOD video

The US-provided rocket launcher was taken out in Sumy, where it was being used to bomb Russia
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According to the Russian Defense Ministry, the strike destroyed the launcher, a six-rocket reloading pod, and two service vehicles of the Ukrainian artillery unit.

The M142 is mounted on a wheeled truck chassis and can fire volleys of GPS-guided rockets, converted aircraft bombs, or long-range ATACMS ballistic missiles. The US has provided Ukraine with at least 40 launchers, according to information released by the Pentagon.

4) From the article:

Washington's efforts have created all the prerequisites for Ukraine to lose its sovereignty and part of its territories, including those coveted by some American allies,

Already now much of the agricultural land in Ukraine is controlled by multinational Western investors. Does it matter to them if their property is officially a part of Ukraine, a future Porky-reign or Poland, as long as it is not Russia?