Archive Article from 1999 Forecast Russia-Ukraine War and Territorial Changes

The Russian weekly MK-Bulvar published a forecast in 1999-23 years before the start of Russia's special military operation (SMO)-that predicted a future armed conflict between Moscow and Kyiv and the incorporation of much of Ukraine into Russia. Authors of the Telegram channel Vedomosti Moskovskogo Gosudarstva, which publishes excerpts from historical press archives, recently drew attention to the article. A Forecast for the 21st Century The publication presented a series of predictions for the entire 21st century and, among other things, concluded that a "new Crimean War" would be inevitable.