Ops Twisting Truth Regarding Moscow Attack
A Series On Misinformation, Disinformation and Subterfuge
Brad Shuttleworth, is defending Putin.
No, seriously.
Here is the close-up that Brad seems bent out of shape over.
Follow-up reporting has revealed that Putin DID know such as this headline from CNN.
Days before the attack the US informed Putin of the steady stream of evidence that an attack on Russian soil was imminent, so yes Brad, Vlad, your boy, intentionally blunted preparation and the response after the attack transpired. Putin also has his own intelligence services that I would expect likewise saw the planning prior to the assault.
Putin will benefit from this attack, carried out just days after his performative “election” that likely saw his people “protest” by not going to the polls to “officially” record their support.
This sort of massacre where hundreds die or are wounded, is exactly the type of action Putin needs to motivate the populace, to reduce conscription age, to strengthen long wavering resolve. Russia was attacked by an entity Vladimir can rally his people around. That means he can bolster recruitment when before nobody outside convicts was willing to run up against the Ukrainian meat-grinder meant to exhaust the defenders supply of ammo with Russian conscripts many without weapons themselves.
More importantly, this type of attack may finally pull in forces from Russian allies such as Belarus due to mutual defense treaties.
Those ‘foreign’ troops likely would be extensively deployed to Syria supporting his ally Assad along with Russian air support that has been largely sidelined within the Ukraine amphitheater. Some will go to Ukraine.
So yes, Brad, Putin knew of the attack as did his intelligence services. Russia may have discounted the effectiveness of the assault, and will clearly use what happened with their ‘blessing’ to increase conscription and military participation rates.