According to Politico newspaper, Russia may “launch an invasion” of Ukraine after February 20. And the previous “offensive” date simply “diverted attention away from key dates”
“The prospect of a Russian invasion of Ukraine on 16 February has always been overrated. The timeline to really keep an eye on is what will happen shortly after February 20… Analysts have told us that the obsession with February 16 has diverted attention from the real key dates”, – the publication wrote.
Russian presidential press secretary Dmitry Peskov, commenting on these reports, said that it is difficult to take such publications seriously, and Russian President Vladimir Putin sometimes jokingly asks to see if the exact start time of the war is published anywhere