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It's all part of the same narrative Putin and his cronies are trying to push: that little old Russia (which is still super strong and should be respected and feared...) is fighting this lonely fight against the big bad evil USA and NATO and the NAZIs in Ukraine and that they are the innocent ones who were attacked. Sadly, this narrative is being listened to in some parts of the world...
How much is the price???I don't know what he is doing now... But there is a prize for anyone who will land a drone on Red Square.
The founder of a fintech company in Ukraine is offering a $500,000 prize for the first to land a drone in Moscow's Red Square
Volodymyr Yatsenko, a drone developer and the founder of an online bank in Ukraine, offered the prize in a Facebook post.www.insider.com
Here here. Usa is having real wars on and off. Be it with very strict rules that mostly do not favour them. Politics etc. You can say a lot about the forces but not that they will be fighting only with there willies out when it counts.Russia (as well as the Soviet Union) has not fought a war against a super power since 1945.
Since then, they have grown bold through their successful subjugation of small nations and their constant saber rattling against powerful nations which has become background noise.
However, Putin and his noisemakers would be in for a soul-shaking epiphany if they do draw the U.S. into a slugfest.
It would be short, brutal and 100% unmistakable that they are dealing with a peer and not a small nation with a population comparable to that of the state of California...
Partly for domestic but also partly for countries outside of the 'West" = there is a lot of parts of Africa, Sth America and other areas which are hiring the Russian narrative.Though to be fair that narrative is mainly for domestic consumption. You can bet that the video footage taken by passers-by (at 2:30 AM, lol, "I'm just out for a walk videoing the Kremlin" would probably land one in jail) is being plastered all over Russian television. The Russian populace will not be allowed to forget this.
I don't think any of them, would support Russia, in a real face to face war with west. This trench of "differences" is getting deeper and deeper every passing day.However, Putin and his noisemakers would be in for a soul-shaking epiphany if they do draw the U.S. into a slugfest.
It would be short, brutal and 100% unmistakable that they are dealing with a peer and not a small nation with a population comparable to that of the state of California...
Your comment reminded me of the scenes from David Haig's Second World War drama Pressure. I thorouhgly enjoyed the production.I echo his skepticism of weather forecasters.
Partly for domestic but also partly for countries outside of the 'West" = there is a lot of parts of Africa, Sth America and other areas which are hiring the Russian narrative.
Your comment reminded me of the sceens from David Haig's Second World War drama Pressure. I thorouhgly enjoyed the production.
Mirvish’s latest, Pressure, is a surprisingly gripping play about weather — and war
David Haig’s Second World War drama about a weatherman’s D-Day forecast is surprisingly gripping if rarely moving…nextmag.ca
I expect the weather is one of the reasons the major counteroffensive has not started. The AFU need dry ground for tanks and clear skies for recon. With this in mind, flawed, unreliable science or not, I expect both Zelenskyy and Zaluzhnyi are keeping close connections with the chaps at the Ukrainian Hydrometeorological Center and associated government offices. Much like how Dr. James Stagg's forecast changed the course of history, there will be someone senior at the Ukrainian center who has to give the best forecast they can.
Indeed there are useful idiots, though I wouldn't be so dismissive of the impact of the pro-Russian messaging in other parts of the the world who often already view the likes of the USA, Europe and similar in a less than favourable light. If they are only hearing pro-Russian messaging this just strengthens that and then provides ripe conditions for further trouble down the track. It also provides fertile ground for the likes of China to move in.There's useful idiots everywhere, to be sure, but I'd bet that ISW got it right -- this is for domestic consumption, perhaps to prepare the citizenry for a further round of conscription, and to buck them up for more extended privations. That it might have positive repercussions overseas is gravy.
Indeed there are useful idiots, though I wouldn't be so dismissive of the impact of the pro-Russian messaging in other parts of the the world who often already view the likes of the USA, Europe and similar in a less than favourable light. If they are only hearing pro-Russian messaging this just strengthens that and then provides ripe conditions for further trouble down the track. It also provides fertile ground for the likes of China to move in.
You might be surprised: Global China: Regional influence and strategyI doubt China wants to move in to wherever, except maybe Central Asia. But sure, other nations would like to see a Russian victory. I don't know that this advances that narrative, insofar that, if true, this attack bespeaks a woeful incompetence in defending even their own capital and seat of government.
While my initial assumption was "too bad they didn't succeed", there is a possibility the whole thing could have been a false flag.Did Ukraine try to kill Putin or could the drone attack on the Kremlin have been a false flag?
While Ukraine has on occasion struck targets on Russian territory, a direct assault on the Kremlin, a fortified complex in the heart of Moscow, would be its most audacious attack by far.www.abc.net.au
An eruption like Yellowstone would probably affect everybody in the Northern Hemisphere (and possibly the Southern). In an ironic twist, the Russians had actually proposed firing an ICBM at Yellowstone to set it off a couple years back.About their brains contents:
Putin ally claims US wants to take over Russia in case Yellowstone volcano erupts
One of Vladimir Putin’s closest allies says the United States is plotting to take over Russia in order to save the US establishment from an apocalyptic volcano eruption he expects to happen in Wyoming.www.yahoo.com
Was it Himmler, Hitler or Goebbels who said something to the effect "don't tell a lie, tell a big lie and over and over."?Russia says United States ordered Ukrainian 'drone strike' on Kremlin, as 23 die in Kherson
Moscow steps up strikes on Ukraine as Kyiv prepares for a counteroffensive in which it is expected to try to retake occupied territory in the Kherson region.www.abc.net.au