Crisis Ukraine by Eric Meyer

Author:Eric Meyer [Meyer, Eric]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Swordworks
Published: 2014-05-01T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Seven

Luxe Hotel Presidential Suite, Sevastopol, Ukraine - April 2014

"My friend, it is good to see you."

Orlov nodded at the head of security, Malenkov, and then walked forward to shake hands with his boss. "Mr. President, thank you for inviting me here. How can I help you?"

Putin's sour expression softened, and he looked thoughtful. "Things are going according to plan. Crimea is in uproar, and the people are calling on Mother Russia to come to their aid. More troops are crossing the border even now, to restore order, of course, nothing more. Your patriots have been invaluable, taking over military installations. All that is necessary is for my troops to follow them in to keep order. It's a perfect plan, brilliantly executed. We make a good team, Grigory."

"Thank you. I'm always pleased to help, Mr. President."

"And you have helped, immensely. However, things are moving fast, and I have a new task for you. I want the rest of Ukraine."

Orlov counted himself a clever man, one who was able to read his President's mind. It was what made him so valuable, taking action often before the order was given. However, this time he was astonished.

"Ukraine? An invasion?"

Putin shrugged. "Why not? For five hundred years, Ukraine has changed hands more times than people can count. For much of the time the country belonged to Russia, which gives us a good claim on it. I'm not talking about declaring war, like the Nazis in 1941. Far from it, I'm suggesting only entering Ukraine when unrest and violence has got out of control. And only then, when the government requests our help."

"They'll never request help from Russia," Orlov objected, "They're a bunch of fascists, Nazis, all of them."

"An illegal crowd of fascists," Putin reminded him, "The President of Ukraine is Viktor Yanukovych, who is currently my guest in Moscow. If events are properly managed, he will return to Kiev to retake the reins of power, and we will give him the assistance he requests to put an end to the chaos and bloodshed. My understanding is when he returns; he will request us to provide a permanent Russian military presence in the country, specifically on the Western borders. Lviv, Odessa, Kiev, those are the kinds of locations I have in mind. A wall to keep out NATO, should they ever think to invade."

"You want to make it a buffer state."

"Of course. If NATO decides to mount an attack, while they are fighting their way through Ukraine, turning it into a smoking ruin, we will have time to organize our military response before they put a single foot on Russian soil."

"The Ukrainians won't like it, Mr. President. They'll go crazy. You know how keen they are to become part of Western Europe."

"Some of them, not all. Moreover, once their country is a battle zone, they'll have their own civil war. Brother fighting brother, whole towns reduced to rubble. It'll be as bad as the war in Syria. Worse. Once they've suffered a few thousand casualties, they'll reconsider.

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