{"id":251305,"date":"2022-03-24T07:20:54","date_gmt":"2022-03-24T07:20:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=251305"},"modified":"2022-03-26T07:31:58","modified_gmt":"2022-03-26T07:31:58","slug":"military-analyst-and-former-army-officer-claims-putin-has-already-won-in-ukraine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=251305","title":{"rendered":"Military analyst and former Army officer claims Putin has already won in Ukraine"},"content":{"rendered":"

JD Heyes \u2013 March 22, 2022<\/strong><\/h1>\n

Noted military analyst and retired U.S. Army Col. Douglas MacGregor said in an interview posted online this week that he believes Russian President Vladimir Putin has already won the war in Ukraine in an assessment that differs widely from what is being reported in the \u2018mainstream\u2019 media.<\/p>\n

Those sources are nearly universally portraying Ukraine as heroically beating back the Russian assault with brave resistance that is taking a huge toll on the invading forces.<\/p>\n

But, says MacGregor, in fact, Putin\u2019s forces have already achieved many of their objectives and there is little, if anything, Ukrainian forces can do about it at this point.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat Ukrainian forces are still active are entirely surrounded, cut off, and isolated in various towns and cities,\u201d he told the \u201cGray Zone\u201d podcast. \u201cThe Ukrainian forces are incapable of anything but a pinprick attack on something that doesn\u2019t appear to be very robust or dangerous.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo the war, for all intents and purposes, has been decided,\u201d he continued. \u201cThe issue for the Russians, from the very beginning, has been, \u2018How do we proceed without killing large numbers of civilians and inflicting a lot of property damage. And [Russian President Vladimir] Putin gave very strict orders from the outset that [his forces] were to avoid such things.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe problem with avoiding it is that it has slowed the progress of the operation to the point where it has given false hope to most of the Ukrainians\u201d which \u201chas been seized on by people in the West to try and convince the world that a defeat is in progress when in fact, the opposite is the case,\u201d MacGregor continued. \u201cSo the war itself at this stage of the game could be decided very, very rapidly \u2014 permanently \u2014 if Putin were to give the order and allow the forces to disregard the concern for civilians and property damage.\u201d<\/p>\n

Putin appears to have given that order, according to reporting on widespread damage being inflicted on Ukrainian cities by numerous media outlets that are not always focused on the same images and locations.<\/p>\n

But MacGregor says otherwise.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe hasn\u2019t done that. He has continued to negotiate even though he recognizes that the people sitting across from him really are not in a position to deliver very much,\u201d he continued in his Gray Zone interview.<\/p>\n

He also said that the Biden regime and most of \u2018official Washington\u2019 wants the war to continue\u00a0in order to harm Putin and his military to the greatest extent possible, but in fact, MacGregor said, based on his sources, not only is Putin enjoying high approval among Russian populations in surrounding countries, but his military is faring well.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo I think the big problem right now is that in the West, there is no truth, there is wishful thinking. There is this impression of success by the Ukrainians that doesn\u2019t stack up. In fact, the Russians are capturing large quantities of Western equipment, British and American, that are being shipped to them at this point,\u201d said MacGregor.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe issue for the Russians right now is that everything that is worth controlling is controlled,\u201d he opined after explaining that Russian troops are focused primarily on Ukraine\u2019s population centers and have avoided the central portion of the country because that is the agricultural heartland and spring planting season is right around the corner.<\/p>\n

WATCH:<\/p>\n

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Great assessment you won't hear anywhere else. https:\/\/t.co\/8dGOpfRllV<\/a><\/p>\n

— J.D. MAGA Heyes (@JDHeyes) March 18, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n