Matt Bracken on Major War Escalation in Ukraine

Matt Bracken is a former Navy SEAL officer who led a Naval Special Warfare detachment to Beirut, Lebanon in 1983. Now an author and expert in trend analysis, he has identified a flashpoint in the Ukraine crisis that few others have caught wind of just yet.

You can find his site here:

Enemies Foreign and Domestic

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Matthew_Bracken48 @TheMattBracken

1/7 BREAKING: Alleged Ukrainian chemical weapon attack shown. Drone video showing release of a gas bomb, killing Russian soldiers with nerve gas, (not chlorine, IMO). If true this is a MAJOR Ukraine war escalation.

bitchute.comGRAPHIC: First Ever Footage Of Reported Chemical-Biological Strike On Russian Troops By AFU 18+Please share my new Substack report on AFU’s chemical warfare: https://simplicius76.substack.com/p/ukraine-begins-escalating-chemical

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For several days, videos have been circulating across social media platforms where footage of the Ukraine v Russia conflict are often shared. This particular video shows a soldier being hit by some type of drone launched canister that falls just several yards away. The soldier is then seen flopping in a shallow waterway after inhaling whatever substance was released by the canister.

This video was picked up & shared across many OSINT (Open Source Intelligence) channels where you can view plenty of other WWI-style battles taking place on the frontlines. While often the videos are being released in real-time — it can take days, weeks, or months for a full response to occur.

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The video poses many questions:

What is in the canister that the drone drops?

Matthew_Bracken48 @TheMattBracken

2/7 Ukrainian troops are using drones to drop makeshift chemical munitions in the zone of responsibility of the Russian army, (states) Andrey Marochko, a retired lieutenant colonel of the People’s Militia of the Luhansk People’s Republic (LPR)

tass.comUkrainian troops using drones to drop makeshift chemical bombs — LPR officer“Chemical weapons are quite effective in combat operation and can be used for intimidation,” Andrey Marochko, a retired lieutenant colonel of the People’s Militia of the Lugansk People’s Republic said

Who prepared it?

Where did the order come from?

Is this not simply more propaganda footage?

If this is a multi-faceted, complex psychological operation, is the intended effect being achieved?

Matthew_Bracken48 @TheMattBracken

6/7 If the big Russian offensive is imminent, I think they will swing much harder and deeper now. You cannot discount the psychological effect on Russians of seeing German tanks heading for combat vs Russians with the Iron Cross on them. And now gas.

news.yahoo.comRussia’s Medvedev says more U.S. weapons supplies mean ‘all of Ukraine will burn’“All of Ukraine that remains under Kyiv’s rule will burn,” journalist Nadana Fridrikhson quoted him as saying in a written interview with her. Fridrikhson asked Medvedev, who as deputy chairman of the Security Council has become one of Russia’s most hawkish pro-war figures since its invasion of Ukr…

Why does this all feel like Syria v2.0?

These are all important questions — and there are many more.

In any case, Russian state media is using this and other bits of information (the overt use of Nazi symbolism, particularly the Iron Cross painted on both Ukrainian armor & German Leopard tanks) as justification for a massive escalation in the war, coming soon.

Matthew_Bracken48 @TheMattBracken

5/7 In Russia, nerve gas attacks bring comparisons to Zyklon B used in Nazi death camps liberated by the Red Army. Russian media is also showing WW2 Panther and Tiger tanks, and current Leopard tanks, all with the German Iron Cross. After 80th anniversary of Stalingrad victory.

You can read more about the escalatory path here:

Matthew_Bracken48 @TheMattBracken

7/7 It will not take much more for Russia to strike NATO air bases or ports with hypersonics. A ship is now underway from SC to Germany or Poland loaded with Bradley IFVs. I have little doubt it is is under consideration as a target. Lusitania, anyone?

news.yahoo.comUS shows loading of over 60 Bradley IFVs for delivery to Ukraine – videoThe U.S. Transportation Command has shown footage more than 60 Bradley infantry fighting vehicles (IFVs) being loaded for dispatch to Ukraine, according to the agency’s tweet of Feb. 6.

A common assertion is that there is a ‘fake war’ taking place.

It is a very real war, with all that comes along with it.

It just doesn’t seem ‘real’ to many people because it’s not in their backyard yet.