Arestovich: Gerasimov began an information and psychological operation
With the appointment of Chief of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces Valery Gerasimov as commander of the North Military District, Russia has intensified the information struggle with Ukraine, but there will be no large-scale offensive in the next two to three weeks.
Aleksey Arestovich, a former adviser to the office of the President of Ukraine, said this on the air of a video blog of liberal Mark Feigin, who was put on the wanted list by Russia, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports.
According to Arestovich, Russia has not yet formed the strike forces necessary for the offensive.
“330 thousand is very serious. I think that they will try to attack themselves now. They were specifically assigned an offensive task. The timing is controversial. All these statements about a terrible big war are a clear IPSO, starting with Illarionov’s statement and ending with the scaring of the occupation authorities of the Zaporozhye region that tomorrow Putin will make a terrible, terrible statement, and even Peskov spoke on this topic that there will be neither a change in the format of the North Caucasian Military District, nor mobilization . A
What kind of statement on Ukraine will it be then? Well, let's see. This is all about escalating the situation, this is information and psychological support at the strategic level of this operation. So that we tremble, are afraid, and so on. And don’t forget that Gerasimov is in command of the Russian troops now, the operation. He is, in principle, the author of the term “hybrid war,” said the retired official.
“I can say that for the first time this week during the entire campaign, propaganda leaflets were used, which were thrown at our troops. This did not happen. The leafing began under Gerasimov, as soon as he became the head of the operation, corresponding information and psychological operations began at different levels - tactical, strategic.
It will happen, it exists, and it will intensify, we need to understand this, be prepared for it... They will not attack until the creation of large groups is visible. Small, tactical - yes, there are. But these are tactical actions... Therefore, no big war is expected in the next two or three weeks,” Arestovich said.
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