Kiev Govt. - is pushing it's loyal armed forces further east

[Reality Check]

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The Kiev government is pushing it's loyal armed forces and loyal police forces, further and further into the heavily populated, extreme eastern portion of the country of Ukraine.

This is intended to provide flexibility to allow the Kiev government to, at it's option, contain, or destroy the pockets of anti-Kiev militia controlling symbolic and strategic buildings and small areas inside extreme eastern Ukraine.

This is a great political strategy for the Kiev government, IF the Kiev government is certain that Russia will limit any conventional military attack into Ukraine to just the heavily populated extreme eastern portion of Ukraine. A war initiated there by Russia would be a public relations and political nightmare for Russia. Video images of attacking Russian tanks, in heavily populated areas, would not be good for Russia's popularity in eastern Ukraine.

In addition, IF the Kiev government, knows for certain Russia has decided never to send conventional Russian military forces further into Ukraine (further than Crimea ), then Kiev is executing a brilliant strategy.

On the other hand, if Kiev launches a military assault with tanks, armored personnel carriers, and army troops against the anti-Kiev militias in eastern Ukraine, and Russia responds with tanks, troops and attack aircraft and "punishes the leaders in Kiev ( who ordered the Kiev army to attack "Russian speaking Ukrainian civilians" in eastern Ukraine") and Russia accomplishes this "punishment" by attacking the city of Kiev, then, the Kiev government's current offensive will be a military and political disaster for the Kiev government.

Thousands of Infiltrating Russian light infantry in unmarked uniforms with high powered anti-armor hand held weapons and man portable air defense systems can reinforce the anti-Kiev militias in eastern Ukraine and remove the threat of Kiev's light tanks, armed personnel carriers and low flying helicopters in eastern Ukraine. Russian air craft are capable of clearing the skies over eastern Ukraine from Kiev's high flying helicopters and Kiev's fixed wing aircraft.

Russia does NOT have to send Russian tanks into extreme eastern Ukraine to stop the Ukrainian advance there. But Russian tanks moving to Kiev on the East European plain, cutting through northeastern Ukraine to get to Kiev, would cut off those troops loyal to Kiev, and leave them stuck in extreme eastern Ukraine.

The burning tanks in eastern Ukraine would be those of an invading Kiev army, not invading Russian tanks. A public relations, political and military nightmare for the Kiev government in eastern Ukraine. The Kiev government would look weak to it's civilian supporters and the civilian agnostics in eastern Ukraine. Russia would appear as a strong and trustworthy protector and ally to pro-Autonomy portion of the civilian population in eastern Ukraine.