Volodymyr Zelensky, the President of Ukraine, has been secretly plotting what many western national security experts would consider to be terrorist attacks within undisputed Russian territory using weapons provided by NATO countries including the United States, according to documents obtained by the Washington Post.
Zelensky notably earned the trust of pro-Ukraine governments in the west under the premise that he would only use their military aid for attacks against Russian forces within the disputed eastern Donbas region, as opposed to attacks directly inside Russia.
Agreements and promises aside, the Washington Post revealed that Zelensky has been secretly plotting several terrorist attacks within Russia with top aides and military leaders — ranging from “occupying” Russian villages, “bombing” Russian oil pipelines, and using long range missiles to “hit targets inside Russia’s borders.”
The previously undisclosed document dump was reportedly taken from a “broader leak of U.S. secrets” that were circulating on Discord.
Burning vehicles from the Ukraine War in 2014 (State photo)
The outlet added that senior U.S. military officials at the Pentagon were briefed on the revelations found within the leaked documents and did not dispute their authenticity.
In January 2023, Zelenky was secretly planning to “conduct strikes in Russia” while simultaneously invading Russian territory to ultimately “occupy unspecified Russian border cities,” one document listed as “top secret” showed.
The end goal of this proposed invasion was to “give Kyiv leverage in talks with Moscow” by holding the captured Russian cities hostage.
One month later in February with Ukraine’s top military commander, General Valery Zalhuzhny, Zelensky expressed his desire to use long-range missiles, or “anything with which to attack them” against enemy troops within Russia, but eventually floated the use of drone strikes against “unspecified deployment locations in Rostov” instead, another document shows.
In an additional February meeting with Ukrainian Deputy PM Yuliya Svrydenko, Zelensky conspired to “blow up” Russia’s Druzhba pipeline, which provides oil to Viktor Orban’s Hungary.
IAEA Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi together with his senior staff, met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in Zaporizhzhya City as he leads the IAEA expert mission team during his second official visit to Ukraine. 27 March 2023 IAEA Imagebank / Flickr
“Zelenskyy highlighted that … Ukraine should just blow up the pipeline and destroy likely Hungarian [Prime Minister] Viktor Orban’s industry, which is based heavily on Russian oil,” the document states.
According to the outlet, intelligence officials have admitted the authenticity of Zelensky’s plan against the oil pipeline, claiming that he was merely just “expressing rage toward Hungary and therefore could be making hyperbolic, meaningless threats.”
When asked of his conspiring to occupy parts of Russia, Zelensky denied the revelations as “fantasies” and insisted that he can do whatever he wants to defend Ukraine.
“Ukraine has every right to protect itself, and we are doing it. Ukraine did not occupy anyone, but vice versa,” Zelensky said. “When so many people have died and there have been mass graves and our people have been tortured, I am sure that we have to use any tricks.”
Zelensky denied his plans to use long range missiles or other attacks within Russian borders. “No one in our country has given orders for offensives or strikes on Russian territory,” he said.
The Biden administration supports Zelensky’s war against Russia nonetheless and vowed to remain financially supportive of the eastern european country.
“Ukraine has repeatedly committed to employ U.S.-provided weapons responsibly and strategically when needed to counter Russian aggression, and we are confident that will continue to be the case,” said an unnamed U.S. defense official.
“President Zelensky has kept the promises he has made to President Biden, and we do not believe that that will change,” stated a senior Biden administration official.
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