In a Twitter post on Tuesday, Fox News White House correspondent Jacqui Heinrich revealed the “most likely path” if Russia decided to invade Ukraine, saying that Kiev could fall in as a few as 24 hours.
“Russia’s most likely path, in the event of an invasion, is a quick takeover of Kiev over 24-36 hours, starting with electronic warfare and aerial bombing of Ukrainian critical infrastructure, command and control, and weapons depots,” Heinrich wrote. “Nearly all spetznas forces around Ukraine in Russia are deployed on the front, so they would jump into Kiev, [seize] the government without needing many ground forces, then bring down [reinforcements] from Belarus – the shortest route possible.”
“Next, Russian forces in the Black Sea and Crimea would push in from the southwest town of Odessa up to Transnistria, where they’re already deployed in Moldova,” Heinrich added. “There, Russia could potentially gain political control of Moldova, and reconstitute large portions of the Soviet Union very quickly, including taking Belarus, Ukraine, and Moldova.”
????NEW, Thread: Fox News has also learned Russia’s most likely path, in the event of an invasion, is a quick takeover of Kiev over 24-36 hours, starting with electronic warfare and aerial bombing of Ukrainian critical infrastructure, command and control, and weapons depots.
— Jacqui Heinrich (@JacquiHeinrich) February 15, 2022
Following Heinrich’s report, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, during an interview on ABC’s Good Morning America on Wednesday, said Russia could attack Ukraine at any moment.
“We continue to see forces, especially forces that would be in the vanguard of any renewed aggression against Ukraine continuing to be at the border to mass at the border,” Blinken said.
“We said that we were in a window of time in which the invasion could come at any time. President Putin’s put in place the capacity to act on very short notice. He can pull the trigger. He could pull it today. He could pull it tomorrow. He could pull it next week,” Blinken continued. “The forces are there if he wants to renew aggression against Ukraine.”
