Putin warns of more serious response in Ukraine.

“The special military operation is not a warning of some sort, but a special military operation. We’re witnessing attempts to stage terror attacks, attempts to damage our civilian infrastructure. We respond to this with restraint, but only for the time being,” Putin stated.

https://www.rt.com/russia/562957-putin-serious-response-ukraine/

West Has Cultivated Idea of Russia’s Collapse for Decades But Won’t Live to See It Transpire: Putin

The president said that the military operation in Ukraine was designed specifically to stop such a scenario. "This was precisely what some Western countries led by the United States have striven for and are striving toward - to create this kind of anti-Russian enclave and to destabilize and threaten Russia from this direction," he said.

https://sputniknews.com/20220916/putin-western-countries-have-cultivated-idea-of-russias-collapse-for-decades-1100871960.html

Kiev Utilizing Strategy ‘Wargamed’ by Pentagon in Southern Ukraine, Security Analyst Tells Sputnik

Amid its ongoing special military operation in Ukraine, Russia’s Defense Ministry stated on September 9 that “a decision was made to regroup” some of its troops from the Balakliya and Izyum areas and transfer them to the eastern Donetsk region.

Kiev has acknowledged that trying to send troops directly into the face of the main Russian military force, grinding its way through extensive fortifications in Donbass, is not a “winning card,” international affairs and security analyst Mark Sleboda has told Radio Sputnik.

Accordingly, the Ukrainian authorities are now utilizing a plan "wargamed" by the Pentagon, as reported openly by CNN and other media outlets, of using its manpower advantage.

The US plan stipulates that Ukrainians attack multiple areas in quick succession or simultaneously with large numbers of rapidly-moving mechanized infantry and mass “human wave” attacks, according to Sleboda. Kiev currently has a 600,000-strong army, Sleboda believes, which leaves it with more than a 3-1 advantage in sheer manpower over what Russia has in the field.

Amid its ongoing special military operation in Ukraine, Russia’s Defense Ministry stated on September 9 that “a decision was made to regroup” some of its troops from the Balakliya and Izyum areas and transfer them to the eastern Donetsk region.

Kiev has acknowledged that trying to send troops directly into the face of the main Russian military force, grinding its way through extensive fortifications in Donbass, is not a “winning card,” international affairs and security analyst Mark Sleboda has told Radio Sputnik.

Accordingly, the Ukrainian authorities are now utilizing a plan "wargamed" by the Pentagon, as reported openly by CNN and other media outlets, of using its manpower advantage.

The US plan stipulates that Ukrainians attack multiple areas in quick succession or simultaneously with large numbers of rapidly-moving mechanized infantry and mass “human wave” attacks, according to Sleboda. Kiev currently has a 600,000-strong army, Sleboda believes, which leaves it with more than a 3-1 advantage in sheer manpower over what Russia has in the field.

However, the high cost, Sleboda says, is that the Kiev regime is feeding its troops "as cannon fodder to Russia's overwhelming superiority in aviation, artillery and rocket systems. They have suffered horrific casualties as a result, whereas the Russian military withdrew from Kharkov in good order and sustained very light casualties."

https://sputniknews.com/20220915/kiev-utilizing-strategy-wargamed-by-pentagon-in-southern-ukraine-security-analyst-tells-sputnik-1100820817.html