In an interview on YouTube, former adviser to Vladimir Putin, Andrei Illarionov, sounded the alarm on Sunday on "
the great war
" that the head of the Kremlin would be preparing for 2023 in Ukraine.
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Hinting that he has serious information channels, Illarionov, who lives in Washington, says Russian power has learned from the calamitous setbacks of 2022 and is preparing for a much bigger war.
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He insists that Russia could surprise the Ukrainians and the Westerners, by going to strike in particular from the northeast, that is to say via Belarus, the supply routes and the railway line which connect, from vital way, the city of Lvov, in western Ukraine, on the borders of Europe.
A move up a gear
Since September 17, the date of the announcement of the mobilization, and "
especially since December 15, Putin and the general staff have been working 24 hours a day
" to finalize the details of the new Russian strategy, says Illarionov.
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