Jack Keane says Russia working to ‘encircle’ Kyiv then ‘hammer’ the capital: ‘Slaughter the people’

Fox Information senior strategic analyst Gen. Jack Keane stated Russian forces are working to “encircle” Ukraine’s capital of Kyiv and “hammer it as quickly because it’s in vary.” 

“Their intent right here is to rubble as a lot of that metropolis as they’ll, slaughter the individuals which might be within it, and get a capitulation out of [Ukrainian President Volodymyr] Zelenskyy with out having to enter town,” Keane stated on “Fox Information Sunday.“

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Keane stated that Russian forces are on the outskirts of Kyiv on the northwest facet and the northeast facet “to encircle town.” 

“And as soon as they get that artillery in place across the metropolis, they’re going to start to hammer it. As quickly because it’s in vary, they’re going to begin to hammer it. But it surely’ll be constant and protracted as soon as they encircle town.”

“That is the Russian approach of warfare,” he stated. 

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Keane stated the assault is basically attributable to Russians eager to take management of an space the place many resupplies are funneled by way of to Ukrainians. 

“It is nicely established that a variety of our resupplies for the Ukrainians are coming by way of Poland and likewise by way of Romania. Finally, they’ll interdict these provides which might be coming in right here,” he stated. 

He added later within the interview that the Ukrainians will “have actual issues” if the Russians are capable of reduce off the resupply areas. 

“[The Russians] know full nicely that the roads from Poland and the roads from Romania are the sources of the resupply which might be sustaining Ukrainians … These arms and munitions are the lifeline for the Ukrainian navy. If that will get shut down, it is probably the Ukrainians are going to have actual issues,” he stated.