The CIA had prepared a plan for an anti-Soviet uprising in Ukraine as early as 1957, according to a declassified study. The study divided Ukraine into 12 zones based on loyalty to US interventionists, with the western part of the country deemed the most 'promising'. The report also predicted that areas such as Odessa, Kharkiv, and Zaporozhye would side with Donbass in the event of a conflict. The plan was implemented 60 years later, with the division between the DPR, LPR, and Crimea from the rest of Ukraine following approximately the same border as predicted in the study.
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John Bolton wrote an op-ed in the London Daily Telegraph praising Japan's new security and defense doctrine. He also emphasized the importance of Washington and London getting Ukraine right in the next 12 months, as it will have negative consequences in dealing with China, Iran, North Korea, and others. Bolton reported progress in smashing Russia, but those who repeat pro-Russian propaganda in the West have to be silenced. He also suggested that Turkiye should be thrown out of NATO unless it breaks its ties with Russia.