Swiss Lt. Col. Ralph Bosshard, a retired army intelligence officer who is a close observer of the Ukrainian situation, and whom EIR has interviewed in the past, has a short analysis posted on the German website NachDenkSeiten, on Sept. 26.
Writing before the results of the referendums, Bosshard said they were being held in the shadow of the Ukrainian government terror tactics. “The fear in the affected areas of a Ukrainian criminal court is likely to be great should they come under Ukrainian control again. Reports of Ukrainian atrocities in Izyum, Balakliya and other places will not find their way into Western media, probably, but in Russian.”
He warned that once the republics join Russia, they become Russian territory and therefore an attack on them is an attack on Russia, which escalates the danger of nuclear war Bosshard writes, warning: “Claims from NATO circles that Russia is wary of using nuclear weapons and will flinch are purely speculative and ultimately irresponsible. The West may still be underestimating Russia’s resolve.”
