While most in the media (and not a few experts) were trying to prove that Donald Trump was put in the White House by Vladimir Putin – that the Kremlin changed the outcome of the election in favor of its “puppet”- almost nobody paid attention to how the Kremlin itself looked ahead to its future with Donald Trump in the White House. It turns out that the man most analysts in the West seem to flatter as being more powerful, cunning, and far-seeing than the entire American state has started preparing for a confrontation with Washington.
The day after Putin and Trump spoke over the phone, a new armed clash broke out in Donbas, around the city of Avdiyivka. Russia-backed separatists fired into a military “gray zone” in attempt to storm it, and the firing hasn’t stopped since. Martial law was announced in the region, and Ukrainian government started preparing to evacuate civilians.
