It was supposed to last four days.
A health walk.
The Russian headquarters had not planned an offensive according to the rules of the art of modern warfare.
It was not necessary.
The Russian army was to paralyze the Ukrainians as soon as they crossed the first border posts.
It was to take control of Hostomel airport, 20 km from kyiv, in a short time.
This accomplished, the elite troops would tumble into kyiv and sweep away the "puppet" government struck down by the fulgurance of the intervention.
The Ukrainians were not a real people;
their government, a farce;
their army, a draft.
"The large-scale confrontation was not on the program, Ukraine was to fall in about ten days, the official annexation was scheduled for August",
François Heisbourg teaches us in his story.
Four days turned into a year, and so much more.
Because Heisbourg has a sense of the uncertainty of events, he notes that the failure of…
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