{"id":1358149,"date":"2022-03-04T08:16:33","date_gmt":"2022-03-04T13:16:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1358149"},"modified":"2022-03-04T08:23:40","modified_gmt":"2022-03-04T13:23:40","slug":"ukraine-reveals-russia-secretly-planned-for-only-a-15-day-war","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ukraine-reveals-russia-secretly-planned-for-only-a-15-day-war\/","title":{"rendered":"Ukraine Reveals Russia Secretly Planned for Only a 15-Day War"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fukraine-reveals-russia-secretly-planned-for-only-a-15-day-war%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1358149&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><figure class=\"figure image-figure-image\" data-type=\"img\" data-e2e-name=\"image-figure-image\" data-media-container=\"image\">\n<div class=\"aspect-ratio\">\n                          <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/04082313\/621fd0bc75b649001845c0b2\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i.insider.com\/621fd0bc75b649001845c0b2?width=400&#038;format=jpeg&#038;auto=webp 400w, https:\/\/i.insider.com\/621fd0bc75b649001845c0b2?width=500&#038;format=jpeg&#038;auto=webp 500w, https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/04082313\/621fd0bc75b649001845c0b2&#038;format=jpeg&#038;auto=webp 700w, https:\/\/i.insider.com\/621fd0bc75b649001845c0b2?width=1000&#038;format=jpeg&#038;auto=webp 1000w, https:\/\/i.insider.com\/621fd0bc75b649001845c0b2?width=1300&#038;format=jpeg&#038;auto=webp 1300w\" alt=\"The \" classified \/>\n                        <\/div>\n<p>                        <span class=\"image-source-caption\"><figcaption class=\"image-caption headline-bold\" data-e2e-name=\"image-caption\">\n                            The documents left behind by Russian troops were posted on Facebook by Ukraine&#8217;s Ministry of Defense.<br \/>\n                          <\/figcaption><span class=\"image-source headline-regular\" data-e2e-name=\"image-source\"><br \/>\n                              Ministry of Defense of Ukraine<br \/>\n                            <\/span><br \/>\n                        <\/span><br \/>\n                    <\/figure>\n<div>\n<section class=\"post-content typography\" data-track-content=\"\" data-post-type=\"post\">\n<div id=\"piano-inline-content-wrapper\" data-piano-inline-content-wrapper=\"\">\n<div data-component-type=\"content-lock\" data-load-strategy=\"exclude\">\n<div class=\"content-lock-content\">\n<div class=\"notification-banner-message headline-regular\">\n<div class=\"app-launch-banner-outer\">\n<div class=\"app-launch-insider-logo\">\n                                  <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"logo\" src=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/public\/assets\/subscription\/app\/mobile-app-download.png\" alt=\"Insider Mobile App Download Image\" \/>\n                              <\/div>\n<div class=\"app-launch-banner-content\">\n<div class=\"app-launch-banner-title headline-bold\">Get the Insider App<\/div>\n<div class=\"app-launch-banner-message\">A personalized feed, summary mode, and ad-free experience.<\/div>\n<p>                                <a href=\"http:\/\/onelink.to\/eytpub\" class=\"app-launch-banner-cta headline-bold\" data-action=\"close\"><span>Download the app<\/span><\/a>\n                              <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>                              Close icon<br \/>\n                              Two crossed lines that form an &#8216;X&#8217;. It indicates a way to close an interaction, or dismiss a notification.<\/p><\/div>\n<ul class=\"summary-list summary-list-variant\">\n<li>Ukraine&#8217;s Defense Ministry said its armed forces seized battle plans Russian troops left behind.<\/li>\n<li>The ministry said the documents suggested Russia&#8217;s war with Ukraine would last 15 days.<\/li>\n<li>An invasion map, a table of call signs, and a personnel list were in the documents, it\u00a0said.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"inline-newsletter-signup headline-regular loading\" id=\"formContainer\" data-component-type=\"inline-newsletter-module\" data-event-label=\"insider_bi_prime\" data-list=\"BI Prime Select\" data-acq-source=\"inlinesignupfenrir\">\n<div class=\"newsletter-signup-header headline-bold\" id=\"signUpHeader\">\n                          Get a daily selection of our top stories based on your reading preferences.\n                        <\/div>\n<div class=\"js-loader hidden\">\n                        Loading<br \/>\n                        Something is loading.<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"error-request-message headline-regular hidden\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"success-icon hidden\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"success-message headline-bold hidden\"><\/div>\n<form id=\"emailCapture\" action=\"denied:javascript:void(0);\" method=\"post\" novalidate=\"\">\n<div class=\"flex-parent\">\n<div class=\"user-input-container\">\n                              <label id=\"focusedLabel\" class=\"headline-regular\" for=\"newsletter-module-email\">Email address<\/label><br \/>\n                              <input class=\"headline-regular\" type=\"email\" name=\"newsletter-module-email\" id=\"newsletter-module-input\" placeholder=\"Email address\" autocomplete=\"email\" required \/>\n                            <\/div>\n<div class=\"mobile-error-msg error-msg headline-regular\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"submit-container headline-bold\">\n                              <input class=\"submit-btn headline-bold\" type=\"submit\" value=\"Sign up\" id=\"NlSubmitButton\" aria-label=\"Sign Up\" \/>\n                            <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"desktop-error-msg error-msg headline-regular\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"sign-up-tos headline-regular\" id=\"nlTos\">\n                              By clicking \u2018Sign up\u2019, you agree to receive marketing emails from Insider<br \/>\n                              as well as other partner offers and accept our<br \/>\n                              <a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/terms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Terms of Service<\/a> and<br \/>\n                              <a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/privacy-policy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Privacy Policy<\/a>.\n                          <\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<style scoped>\n                          .inline-newsletter-signup.loading {\n                            width: 100%;\n                            max-width: 640px;\n                            margin: 0 auto;\n                            visibility: hidden;\n                          }\n                        <\/style>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"in-post-sticky only-mobile\">\n<div data-bi-ad=\"\" id=\"gpt-post-news-mobile_in_post_ad-fluid-1\" class=\"ad ad-wrapper fluid in-post only-mobile\" data-force=\"\" data-type=\"ad\" data-adunit=\"news\/news\/post\" data-secvert=\"defense,international,nordic\" data-pagetype=\"post\" data-tag=\"crime\" data-authors=\"natalie-musumeci\" data-region=\"Mobile In Post Ad\" data-responsive=\"[{\" browserLimit><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"in-post-sticky only-desktop\">\n<div data-bi-ad=\"\" id=\"gpt-post-news-desktop_in_post_ad-fluid-1\" class=\"ad ad-wrapper fluid in-post only-desktop\" data-force=\"\" data-type=\"ad\" data-adunit=\"news\/news\/post\" data-secvert=\"defense,international,nordic\" data-pagetype=\"post\" data-tag=\"crime\" data-authors=\"natalie-musumeci\" data-region=\"Desktop In Post Ad\" data-responsive=\"[{\" browserLimit><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Ukraine&#8217;s Defense Ministry said Wednesday that its armed forces had seized secret battle plans left behind by Russian soldiers. It said the documents suggested <a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/live-updates-russia-ukraine-crisis-2022-2\" data-analytics-module=\"body_link\">Russia&#8217;s war with Ukraine<\/a> would last 15 days.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The seized documents were <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/100069073844828\/posts\/267699898875803\/?d=n\" data-analytics-module=\"body_link\">posted on Facebook by the ministry<\/a> and showed the war plans of one of the units of the battalion tactical group of the 810th Separate Guards Naval Infantry Brigade of the Russian Black Sea Fleet, the ministry said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>An invasion map, a table of call signs, and a list of personnel were in the documents, according to Ukraine&#8217;s Defense Ministry.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The ministry&#8217;s Facebook post followed a similar disclosure on the social-media site by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pressjfo.news\" data-analytics-module=\"body_link\">Ukraine&#8217;s Joint Forces Operation<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"insider-raw-embed\">\n<div class=\"iframe-container\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&#8220;Thanks to the successful actions of one of the Armed Forces of Ukraine&#8217;s units, Russian occupiers are losing not only equipment and manpower,&#8221; the defense ministry said. &#8220;In panic attacks, they are leaving classified documents.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"in-post-sticky only-mobile\">\n<div data-bi-ad=\"\" id=\"gpt-post-news-mobile_in_post_ad-fluid-2\" class=\"ad ad-wrapper fluid in-post only-mobile\" data-force=\"\" data-type=\"ad\" data-adunit=\"news\/news\/post\" data-secvert=\"defense,international,nordic\" data-pagetype=\"post\" data-tag=\"crime\" data-authors=\"natalie-musumeci\" data-region=\"Mobile In Post Ad\" data-responsive=\"[{\" browserLimit><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"in-post-sticky only-desktop\">\n<div data-bi-ad=\"\" id=\"gpt-post-news-desktop_in_post_ad-fluid-2\" class=\"ad ad-wrapper fluid in-post only-desktop\" data-force=\"\" data-type=\"ad\" data-adunit=\"news\/news\/post\" data-secvert=\"defense,international,nordic\" data-pagetype=\"post\" data-tag=\"crime\" data-authors=\"natalie-musumeci\" data-region=\"Desktop In Post Ad\" data-responsive=\"[{\" browserLimit><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The ministry said that based on the documents, Russia approved its invasion of Ukraine on January 18.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The operation was meant to last 15 days from February 20 to March 6, the ministry said based on its review of the documents. Insider could not independently verify this conclusion.<\/p>\n<p>One of the documents posted by the ministry appeared to be dated January 18, a full month before Russia attacked \u2014 while another planning document of call signs for different units spanned the dates February 20 to March 6, with daily code-name changes for different Russian commands to contact each other without disclosing their identities.<\/p>\n<p>The documents did not appear to give any information about Russian forces taking any Ukrainian city.<\/p>\n<div class=\"in-post-sticky only-mobile\">\n<div data-bi-ad=\"\" id=\"gpt-post-news-mobile_in_post_ad-fluid-3\" class=\"ad ad-wrapper fluid in-post only-mobile\" data-force=\"\" data-type=\"ad\" data-adunit=\"news\/news\/post\" data-secvert=\"defense,international,nordic\" data-pagetype=\"post\" data-tag=\"crime\" data-authors=\"natalie-musumeci\" data-region=\"Mobile In Post Ad\" data-responsive=\"[{\" browserLimit><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"in-post-sticky only-desktop\">\n<div data-bi-ad=\"\" id=\"gpt-post-news-desktop_in_post_ad-fluid-3\" class=\"ad ad-wrapper fluid in-post only-desktop\" data-force=\"\" data-type=\"ad\" data-adunit=\"news\/news\/post\" data-secvert=\"defense,international,nordic\" data-pagetype=\"post\" data-tag=\"crime\" data-authors=\"natalie-musumeci\" data-region=\"Desktop In Post Ad\" data-responsive=\"[{\" browserLimit><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Russian President Vladimir Putin <a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/russia-attacks-ukraine-launching-new-war-in-europe-2022-2\" data-analytics-module=\"body_link\">launched his country&#8217;s invasion of Ukraine<\/a> in the early-morning hours of February 24. The full extent of Putin&#8217;s plan to assault Ukraine has been unclear, but a former Russian deputy foreign minister told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2022\/2\/27\/ex-russian-official-putins-plan-is-full-victory-on-march-2\" data-analytics-module=\"body_link\">Al Jazeera<\/a> that he had information that the Russian leader wanted to declare victory within a week \u2014 a goal that now appears extremely unlikely, with Russian forces having seized only one major Ukrainian city after six days of fighting.<\/p>\n<p>Ukraine&#8217;s Defense Ministry said the &#8220;final objective&#8221; by these Russian forces who had the planning documents &#8220;was to block and seize&#8221; the southeastern Ukrainian city of Melitopol.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;That is why you should not trust when a prisoner of war is saying again that he or she came to the exercises and got lost! 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