I don't claim that's beyond what Putin would do in regards to ukraine.
Deliberately starting an unpopular war, then doing a false flag to rally your population around the war still seems like a weird strategy. The putin clique is quite entrenched in power and there is no unified opposition, so ... they're not that desperate in regards to their domestic situation. So looking at this as a measure to prop up domestic support seems a bit flawed
Deliberately starting an unpopular war, then doing a false flag to rally your population around the war still seems like a weird strategy
Projection is the name of the game when dealing with the West. The UK and US want to do this exact thing in order to distract the population at home with a war. Russia is largely just responding to aggression from NATO who has been deliberately trying to isolate them and make the 90s Yeltsin chaos permanent.
I don't claim that's beyond what Putin would do in regards to ukraine. Deliberately starting an unpopular war, then doing a false flag to rally your population around the war still seems like a weird strategy. The putin clique is quite entrenched in power and there is no unified opposition, so ... they're not that desperate in regards to their domestic situation. So looking at this as a measure to prop up domestic support seems a bit flawed
Projection is the name of the game when dealing with the West. The UK and US want to do this exact thing in order to distract the population at home with a war. Russia is largely just responding to aggression from NATO who has been deliberately trying to isolate them and make the 90s Yeltsin chaos permanent.