I suspect they were countering a move by the cabal. We know the cabal are desperate and we know Zelensky has actively backed all sorts of terrorist atrocities as ideas from a chemical weapons attack to detonating a dirty bomb as false flags. These people are crazy and willing to do crazy things and I think Putin respects that threat which is why he's been very calm and measured.
But, what would you do if you had a Sum of All Fears threat? (Nuclear dirty bomb detonated at a stadium). You'd want to avoid mass gatherings that could be targeted. You'd want people glued to their idiot boxes (TV, phone) watching for updates from safety and not driving or standing around in the open gawking. And you'd want an excuse to mobilize every asset you had to stop it, to investigate, and to arrest or kill anyone involved in such a thing as quickly as possible.
I'm not saying the cabal is doing anything, only that Russia seems to think they might do something out of desperation, and they're putting on a bit of a show to make sure it doesn't happen. There may be other reasons as well, like doing some internal house cleaning of the top brass for corruption, quietly, without jeopardizing the command structure and ongoing war effort. Prigozhin has been critical of Shoigu and some of the other military leadership, but never against Putin. That's a key fact. I don't think Prigozhin's loyalty is in question, even though that's what we're being asked to believe.
This was my speculation as well. The tv keeps telling me Putin is gonna use nukes. If Ukraine has a nuke (cough cia) and they are going to use it and blame Russia in an attempt to garner help and sympathy from other countries then Russia might need a distraction to prevent this until they can locate and neuter this threat.
I suspect they were countering a move by the cabal. We know the cabal are desperate and we know Zelensky has actively backed all sorts of terrorist atrocities as ideas from a chemical weapons attack to detonating a dirty bomb as false flags. These people are crazy and willing to do crazy things and I think Putin respects that threat which is why he's been very calm and measured.
But, what would you do if you had a Sum of All Fears threat? (Nuclear dirty bomb detonated at a stadium). You'd want to avoid mass gatherings that could be targeted. You'd want people glued to their idiot boxes (TV, phone) watching for updates from safety and not driving or standing around in the open gawking. And you'd want an excuse to mobilize every asset you had to stop it, to investigate, and to arrest or kill anyone involved in such a thing as quickly as possible.
I'm not saying the cabal is doing anything, only that Russia seems to think they might do something out of desperation, and they're putting on a bit of a show to make sure it doesn't happen. There may be other reasons as well, like doing some internal house cleaning of the top brass for corruption, quietly, without jeopardizing the command structure and ongoing war effort. Prigozhin has been critical of Shoigu and some of the other military leadership, but never against Putin. That's a key fact. I don't think Prigozhin's loyalty is in question, even though that's what we're being asked to believe.
Who knows? Wait and see.
This was my speculation as well. The tv keeps telling me Putin is gonna use nukes. If Ukraine has a nuke (cough cia) and they are going to use it and blame Russia in an attempt to garner help and sympathy from other countries then Russia might need a distraction to prevent this until they can locate and neuter this threat.