Russia has 'no plans to occupy Kharkiv' in the short term • FRANCE 24 English

Despite the deadly strike that killed and wounded dozens of people in Kharkiv Saturday, Russia appears not to have any plans to occupy the city, FRANCE 24’s Gulliver Cragg said, citing President Putin. "If you look at the forces that Russia has amassed in the north, and, to some degree, in the east of Kharkiv region, they’re not really enough to mount an assault on the city,” Cragg added.
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[@andre8860]

Russia is not going to occupy Kharkiv Cause Russia is going to liberate Kharkiv That’s a whole different ball

[@luciferjohnson8495]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@AahFukIt]

​@@luciferjohnson8495isn't Kharkiv part of the east that have been in conflict for the past 8 years? Make it 10years.

[@cephancube4794]

For the first time you say military targets.

[@greatman5836]

😱

[@conchaivn]

Feel like either this reporter or Frane 24 has a change in tone.

[@zoom777]

Not occupied but levelled 😂😂😂

[@dhmonkey50]

that really ?

[@user-qn3ud5zt2j]

Russia has no troops to capture Adviika 😅😅😅

[@StPiter111]

You're cruel😅😅😅😅

[@jeromebahala6360]

this journalist is spreading false narrative 😂😅

[@greatman5836]

Do you suprise 😏

[@JaneSoole]

why?

[@mgronich948]

Russia is hitting civilian targets in Kharkiv because Ukraine is hitting civilian targets in Belgorod.

[@Howiex-is8gq]

He also said " military excercises " He didnt invade crimea it was " little green men"....

[@user-wp4in2pz3o]

That was a week ago not now

[@chemix007]

If russia dose not have intention to occupie it that will mean khakiv will be flattened like bhakmut

[@zoom777]

💯👌

[@XD-cr3du]

No ability means no plans.

[@speakup18]

Why is this guy allowed to talk the truth 🤔 ,

[@nigelsenchez]

Yeah because they can’t.

[@jeromebahala6360]

in your dreams 😅

[@nigelsenchez]

@@jeromebahala6360 it’s been 3 years. And they tried multiple times.

[@SuperSssss1]

We shall see

[@nigelsenchez]

@@SuperSssss1 we have seen. You cannot loose this many soldiers, tanks, planes and ships and win anything.

[@yummydishes2279]

Do you believe yourself or just trying to be patriotic?

[@vandenriesen1294]

"For the moment, No occupation plan". Putin's "Calculating Mind", Ukraine cannot read, neither can NATO leaders.

[@johnadam2885]

He slyly slips in the store was selling products useful to the military, probably there were soldiers inside also buying things they need for their trenches...in other words, the military was using it as cover.

[@PerceivedREALITY999]

Russia has a winning military strategy, Ukraine and NATO have a PR strategy. The dogs bark, but the caravan moves on.

[@cristiangaban960]

Russia's ''winning strategy'' works great for NATO , keep dreaming.

[@daveyhu]

"Russia has no plans to occupy Ukraine".

[@jeremyj5932]

Basically everything Russia tries to do and fails at Russia never meant to try to do anyway. Hahaha and Russia can take Kiev anytime they want XD

[@ermiasdesta2381]

Mr chin

[@jamespaulchibole266]

Why is this guy saying a mall is a military target, because the military buys food from there?

[@mikes989]

remember the first case back in march 2022? that mall in kiev packed with military trucks and MLRS? you can multiply that along 2+ years

[@hiufgterde]

@@mikes989 True, Ukraine stores its weapons and military equipment in warehouses close to either shopping malls, city centers....basically everything. So that actually makes it a legitimate target. And when Russia strikes they can accuse them of hitting civilian targets in their media outcry. Normal tactics really.....

[@kimeriec82]

Hohlozidi

[@luciferjohnson8495]

The same way they had no plans to attack it's neighbor 😂😂😂

[@sefalisharmma]

Slava Ukraine

[@StPiter111]

Сала? На могилки? Ок😁

[@paulmufumbwa]

Tactical retreats pretty regularly says it all😅

[@paulmufumbwa]

They're in full reverse

[@PerceivedREALITY999]

The civilian casualty ratio in Gaza is hundreds of times higher than for the conflict in Ukraine. Russia is trying to minimize civilian casualties.

[@PerceivedREALITY999]

Zelensky didn't try to prevent the conflict through diplomacy because he lacks honor and integrity. In 2014 there was a coup. Soon after, there was a massacre in Odessa (dozens of people were burned alive). Ethnic Russians living in Ukraine were treated as subhuman. Their language and culture was being oppressed. A civil war broke out due to the rise in ethnic tensions. For 8 years the Ukrainian military was indiscriminately shelling civilians living in Donbas. If Zelensky honored the Minsk agreement and pledged neutrality, none of this would have happened. The 8 year civil war would have ended and Donbas would have remained part of Ukraine. War is the ultimate failure of diplomacy. Zelensky, Poroshenko, Merkel and Hollande admitted that Ukraine had no intention to honor the Minsk agreements. Who didn't want peace? Who advised against the 2022 peace talks in April? Hint: someone visited Zelensky in Kiev at that time Russia's national security was compromised once NATO began to expand eastwards. Russia clearly stated that Ukraine joining NATO was a red line (November 2021) and unfortunately this concern was never taken seriously. The Russians openly stated: if nothing changes, we will be forced to act in order to defend our national security. Enhancing the national security of one country at the expense of another is unacceptable. The Russians have legitimate security concerns. 20th September, 2021. Ukraine launched military drills with US and NATO NATO is not a defensive alliance. NATO illegally bombed Yugoslavia (a direct violation of the U.N. Charter). We should never forget what they did to Libya, Afghanistan, Iraq etc. Who blew up the pipeline causing an environmental disaster? Zelensky banned all opposition and arrested a leading priest. Zelensky tried to invoke article 5 under false pretenses. Remember the incident in Poland. Ethnic Russians living in Ukraine were treated as subhuman. Their language and culture was being oppressed. Poroshenko said, “Our children will go to schools and kindergartens-theirs will hide in the basements”. Russians will never forget the 2014 Odessa massacre. The whole world needs to know about it. Why was Denis Kireev eliminated? He was a member of Ukraine's negotiating team during the peace negotiations. He wanted to help his country. Ukraine has a hit list. They target artists, journalists and ordinary citizens. Hundreds of children are on this list. 13 year old Faina Savenkova was placed on this list. Pink Floyd's Roger Waters is on this list. Jimmy Dore (American stand-up comedian, podcaster) and Aaron Maté (Canadian writer and journalist) are on this list. There is evidence that Ukrainian troops have been indiscriminately shelling civilians in Donbas (they used petal mines and targeted areas where there was no military presence). The azov troops trapped in the azovstal steelworks in Mariupol used human shields. They refused to allow civilians to leave despite of humanitarian corridors being present. Russia held a proposed cease fire in order for the civilians to leave, but azov would not allow the civilians to leave. Ukraine has committed many acts of terrorism (car bombs and other forms of assassination). Darya Dugina (journalist) RIP The first terrorist attack on the Kerch bridge killed the truck driver and the individuals in the adjacent car (innocent civilian victims). The second terrorist attack on the Kerch bridge killed two parents and severely injured their young daughter. I have done a lot of research and it took me a long time to write this comment. I have stated a lot of facts and I have given my honest opinion. I have provided a brief summary of events that took place. In order to explain this whole situation in great detail, a book would need to be written. Hopefully someone will write an UNBIASED book, stating facts and allowing the readers to form their own judgments. Everything I said can be fact checked and verified.

[@chiranjibsharma8218]

Zelensky destroyed everything... but he is happy.. for peace, stability and Democracy...

[@foilhat1138]

Ukraine didn't invade themselves, all the destruction is thanks to Russia.

[@peabase]

I bet you beat up your wife and then blame her for it.

[@cristiangaban960]

Yeah , blame the victims for not wanting to be Russia's slaves.