Pressed during the hearing, Breedlove acknowledged he could not predict Moscow's next move but characterized its ongoing actions as "preparing, training and equipping to have the capacity to again take an offensive."

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Isn't that what armies do? Isn't that what the US military does?

I have predicted there will be a drive to Mariupol, and maybe Odessa. I think thats Putin's end game. Now that he seized Crimea, he wants a land bridge for supply, a bridge wont do since it could be too easily destroyed in time of war.

No doubt Moscow isn't done yet... parts of the Ukraine are not yet under his direct influence. I imagine the major question his next offensive is "when" rather than "if". And, as spring is beginning, we may see it sooner rather than later.

God bless Novorossiya and its Great Patriotic War... or something like that,.

as propaganda flacks too?

The rest of the world already considers Russia to be the aggressor, and a new offensive will just cement that notion, and there will be more sanctions.

is not "the rest of the world."

The offensives have all come from Kiev.