Putin tried that with some BS "attacks" and US/UK Intel revealed information that proved that Russia was trying to manufacture a reason to invade Ukraine.Wouldn't it be better to finesse this narrative before the invasion commenced?
Well they used the Nazi Ukraine narrative. Russians would be that stupid to believe like it was still WW2.Wouldn't it be better to finesse this narrative before the invasion commenced?
Russia intelligence is just an all around failed experiment under Putin. And we’re just now learning that so many years after the Cold War.
well I was fooled as well but I guess the fear of a nuclear war was also taken seriously maybe due to the arms race in the 60s or cold war. other than nukes, now I believe that the Russian military is so overrated. we should have seen this during their failed invasion of Afghanistan and their struggle against the tiny territory of Chechnya. the only reason that they finally took hold of Chechnya is when the separatists leaders of Chechnya were poisoned, imprisoned or murdered after a ceasefire agreement was reached. Putin is only good at betrayals and killing people in their sleep. the guy is a cowardice weasel just like Trump.
I remember a Moldovan friend of mine from decades ago that never buy Russian hardware as they are garbage. guess he was right. also a Ukrainian patient I had years ago told me seriously that never ever trust or befriend Russia as it is more or less making a deal with the devil as you would tend to less more what you asked for, now I believe him and was also right.
Georgia got scared due to lack of Western support and interference. Russia also used the rebel support narrative to take more territory. Crimea was taken without much incident due to the Russian puppet president of Ukraine before Zelensky.
It isn't as bad as it sounds, but given the circumstances, it will weaken European response towards Russia and will turn the rest of Europe against France, which is a sentiment that plays well for isolationists and Euro-skeptics such as Marine.
France's Le Pen outlines foreign policy vision, leaving Russia door ajar
Far-right presidential candidate Marine Le Pen sought on Wednesday to play up her leadership credentials on the world stage, urging a break with France's recent diplomatic past to make what she called a country that "still counts."www.reuters.com
it could be Russia doing that to bolster their propaganda. on the otherhand, it could be Ukraine as well since Russia is pretty much destroying Ukraine's economy. sometimes, the best defense is being on the offensive end. if Ukraine exposes Russia's vulnerability to certain attacks, it could deviate Russia from their invasion of Ukraine and pull back their forces. unless Putin doesn't really care of such collateral damage on Russia and continue to press forward. considering the lack of reactions of Russians of what is going on in Ukraine, putting Russia and it's citizens on such vulnerable position might make those russians to think twice what their government is really doing.
