Did Putin Bite off More Than He Can Chew?

Red State ^ | 03/05/2022 | Jeff Charles

[SeekAndFind]

It has been about 10 days since Russia invaded Ukraine. While Russia’s military is advancing further into the country, it is clear that all is not going according to President Vladimir Putin’s plan. While Moscow has made progress in its efforts against Ukraine, it has also experienced a series of significant setbacks.

The Washington Examiner recently published a report detailing some of Russia’s mistakes in its endeavor to overthrow Ukraine’s government. Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall during a speech at the Air Force Association’s annual conference on Thursday stated that Putin has “made a very, very serious miscalculation.”

He said the Russian president “overestimated the capacity of his own military” and “severely underestimated the global reaction the invasion of Ukraine would provoke.” He also did not take into account the “will and courage of the people of Ukraine.”

Pentagon spokesman John Kirby made similar remarks on Wednesday, noting that the Russian offensive against the capital city of Kyiv has been “stalled.” The official explained that their troops “have been surprised by the stiff resistance that they are facing by the Ukrainians” and that their soldiers are dealing with fuel and food shortages.

The Washington Examiner noted:

One aspect of the fighting that has remained unexplained is the lack of Russian control over the airspace above Ukraine. Russia has 1,511 combat aircraft, while Ukraine has fewer than 100, according to FlightGlobal’s 2022 World Air Forces directory.

“We’re seeing the same sort of activity in the air,” the senior official said. “There’s a certain risk-averse behavior. They are not necessarily willing to take high risks with their own aircraft and their own pilots, and of course, we’re seeing that on the ground in the fairly slow and stodgy progress that they have made.”

Ukraine has also benefited from other countries sending anti-air and anti-tank weapons. It has helped them keep Russian forces at bay and prevented them from taking control of Kyiv. NATO, while trying to stay out of the affair, has still provided military resources to the country.

But Russia is not only facing obstacles from the outside. It is also dealing with internal opposition to military hostilities. Liberty Nation spoke with Christopher Donnelly, a specialist advisor to the British House of Commons Defence Committee. He explained:

“Like all tyrants, the thing Putin fears most is revolt by his own people. The immense efforts taken by both the Russian Army and the state security organizations to prevent the Russian people learning about what is happening in Ukraine is evidence of how vulnerable the regime thinks it is to their population being exposed to the truth. If Russian casualties were to increase dramatically, and images of Russian soldiers brutalizing the very people Putin claims are no different from Russians themselves were to spread in from Ukraine, then the social pressure in Russia could reach bursting point.”

Putin seems to recognize the threat coming from the Russian populace, which might not be amenable to seeing dead Russian soldiers. He recently blocked Twitter and Facebook, ostensibly to prevent the citizenry from learning details about the conflict. Yahoo! News reported:

In a written statement, Russia’s media regulator Roskomnadzor said on Friday that Facebook, whose parent company is called Meta, had violated federal law by restricting access to Russian state-owned accounts, which the regulator said violated “fundamental human rights and freedoms, as well as the rights and freedoms of Russian citizens.”

The report continued:

Social media postings depicting the horrors of the war in Ukraine and the bravery of its citizens and President Volodymyr Zelensky have helped sway world opinion staunchly against Russian forces. But Friday’s actions to further restrict access to information about the conflict may prevent Russian citizens from receiving a fuller picture of what is unfolding.

Another indicator that Putin faces resistance from inside is the fact that alleged attempts to assassinate Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky have failed. The Kremlin has reportedly made three attempts on his life. But he was able to avoid assassination because anti-war elements in Russia’s Federal Security Service tipped him off to the attacks.

These are only a few of the setbacks that Russia has faced. Of course, this does not mean Putin will fail to overthrow Ukraine’s government. Indeed, it is not easy to predict how this situation will pan out. But one thing is clear: If Russia does succeed, it could come at a cost that is greater than it is prepared to pay.

[PGR88]

it is clear that all is not going according to President Vladimir Putin’s plan.

Do they know Putin's plan?

[ifinnegan]

These are stupid articles, really.

Instant analysis, pithy and pat.

Based on nothing but rumor, scuttlebut, propaganda and emotion.

[wardaddy]

Sure

He tweeted it remember

Plus per red state logic

I’m sure Trump has a copy somewhere

[Ceebass]

But one thing is clear: If Russia does succeed, it could come at a cost that is greater than it is prepared to pay....

That is a given.

And when you censor war news in the middle of a war, the audience will believe the worst.

[Secret Agent Man]

I know China sure wishes it was going better.

[Meet the New Boss]

A "whistle-blower" letter supposedly has been issued by a disgruntled FSB officer. Is it real? Unknown. Bellingcat thinks it possibly is.

The letter indicates that Putin bit off WAY, WAY more than he can chew and everyone is now FUBAR ************************

Bellingcat tweet

Christo Grozev @christogrozev

Last night, an alleged FSB whistle-blower letter was published that damned Russia's military performance in Ukraine and predicted a disaster for the RU in the next weeks and months. I wasn't sure if it was authentic - as Ukraine had previously leaked fake FSB letters as psy-ops.

This letter appeared different though: it came via a reputable source (founder of http://gulagu.net), and it was way longer than a forger would choose to make it (the longer the text, the more risk of making an error).

I showed the letter to two actual (current or former) FSB contacts, and they had no doubt it was written by a colleague. They didn't agree with all of his conclusions, but that's a different story. Here's the text, worth reading

[algore]

Remind me, how many days did it take us to win in Afghanistan

[McGruff]

These day 10 days is a quagmire. Longer than peoples attention span.

[nickcarraway]

Looks like it. They should have wrapped it up by now.

[nickcarraway]

True, they let China down.

[unclebankster]

Its going to go down like this regardless of Anglo-American propaganda for Zelensky & pro Ukrainian elements.

The anti Russian factions in North America & Western Europe will not spend the time, money, or blood to achieve their goals in the Ukrainian region.

The Russians, will spend the time, blood, and treasure to accomplish their mission, with or without Putin.

Sometimes when you’re bluffing at poker with a bad hand, you fold.

“We need to cut bait.”

[KC_Conspirator]

Agree. Silly articles.

[Revel]

Part of an email message from Andrew Torba of Gab

Yesterday Gab engineers discovered a massive anti-Russian botnet on our platform, which we quickly banned. There were hundreds of newly created accounts all sharing the same dozen or so IP addresses. They were reposting, commenting, and liking anti-Russian fake news to the Gab Explore page. Our bot detection systems caught them quickly and we removed them from the platform.

This type of activity is eerily similar to CENTCOM’s Operation Earnest Voice. We have no proof who was behind this activity, all we know is what their agenda was: promoting anti-Putin and anti-Russian propaganda. Gab is not a platform for state-backed PSYOP campaigns. We’re not going to allow this coordinated inauthentic activity to take place in our community, not from foreign state actors and not from our own government.

We also aren’t going to ban a foreign news outlet or Russian citizens from Gab for no reason. RT News has been on Gab for over a year now and has never once even come close to violating our terms of service. Gab is now the one place on the internet where you can find RT News and you can do so by clicking here.

Andrew Torba
CEO, Gab.com

Happening here to some extent too.

[algore]

I got this from a deep cover agent named ‘hyper tiger’

Ok in 2014 Ukraine went from a primarily western Russia influenced area to a primarily eastern Europe influenced area which is a western Europe influenced area which is an eastern North and South American influenced area which is a western North American influenced area which is a eastern Asian influenced area.

In the far east of Ukraine the population is primarily Russian.

The Crimea outright joined Russia due to it being almost totally Russian anyways except for the flags.

“The war in the Donbas, or the Donbas War, is an armed conflict in the Donbas region of Ukraine, part of the broader Russo-Ukrainian War. From the beginning of March 2014”

7 years 10 months this war that you all did not notice until recently has been raging.

“The name of March comes from Martius, the first month of the earliest Roman calendar. It was named after Mars, the Roman god of war, and an ancestor of the Roman people through his sons Romulus and Remus. His month Martius was the beginning of the season for warfare”

Because I have a deep attachment to the above.

I noticed.

Inside Donbas are Russian separatists fully backed by Russia that have been waging a war with the Ukrainian armed forces

“The current size of Ukraine’s armed forces, which consists of 250,000 (215,000 military personnel), is the largest in Europe, and second in the region after the Russian Armed Forces. In 2022, President Zelensky ordered to increase the size of the forces by 100,000 by 2025, while ending conscription in 2024.”

Now I will show you why I have a deep connection.

Code

“In communications and information processing, code is a system of rules to convert information—such as a letter, word, sound, image, or gesture—into another form, sometimes shortened or secret, for communication”

When 1 = A and 26 = Z

Hint adds up to 51
Mars adds up to 51
Michael adds up to 51

And elite adds up to 51

“The technotronic era involves the gradual appearance of a more controlled society. Such a society would be dominated by an elite, unrestrained by traditional values. Soon it will be possible to assert almost continuous surveillance over every citizen and maintain up-to-date complete files containing even the most personal information about the citizen. These files will be subject to instantaneous retrieval by the authorities. ”

[TigerLikesRoosterNew]

War spending alone will hit Russia hard. Plus economic sanctions, losing access to international shipping, deplaforming by Tech giant. They are losing means to run their economy.

Even if Russia wins eventually in the battlefield, Russia will be set back for years in all other aspects. Whispering to Russians that Russia’s living standard “might” plummet to the level of N. Korea will really shock them.

[algore]

technotronic era involves the gradual appearance of a more controlled society. Such a society would be dominated by an elite, unrestrained by traditional values. Soon it will be possible to assert almost continuous surveillance over every citizen and maintain up-to-date complete files containing even the most personal information about the citizen. These files will be subject to instantaneous retrieval by the authorities. ”

I helped to build the electronic digital computerized world you all depend upon to sustain your continued existence.

I’ve been trying to ignore your (Insert whatever you think you are doing here) for years and years now since you made me aware of your existence.

Oh ya plus today is 2/20

“February 20 is the 51st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 314 days remain until the end of the year (315 in leap years).”

51st day.

When 1 = A and 26 = Z

February Twentieth = 220

Anyways It looks like after years of war the separatists are on the ropes.

Without Russia running in to save them they will suffer sickening damage.

Make no mistake the Russian separatists and their supporters are not going to be treated nice in any way.

Good thing you all are being sheltered from this.

It is real easy to look this all up but you all are not and if that which is controlling you makes sure you do not look it up then you will be blissfully unaware.

7 years 10 months and 2 weeks.

Of course the USA has said that it will be a false flag by Russia to justify a more direct involvement than currently.

During the entire Trump administration there was a war going on.

People being splattered for years and years.

“The overall number of confirmed deaths in the war in Donbas, which started on 6 April 2014, has been put at 13,100–13,300, by 31 January 2021”

That covers the last part of the Obama administration the totality of the Trump administration and so far the totality of the current Biden administration.

The war is not something that all of a sudden is going to begin.

It began 2014.

Then I noticed the above.

6 April 2014 to 31 January 2021

That is 6/4 and 31/1

64th prime is 311

I noticed that the Nasdaq peaked at the end of 2021 and the Dow peaked in the beginning of 2022.

All that absolute capitalistic systems can do is inflate to maximum potential and then deflate to maximum potential.

Like the virus waves on the charts.

The markets topped.

In the past everyone would have pointed this out but no one has really pointed this out.

But like this war that started in 2014 that you all think is about to start...

The collapse of the market that has already begun and in progress is going to show up as well.

Then factor in the perfectly orchestrated protest chaos that provides wonderful cover.

[LouieFisk]

“These day 10 days is a quagmire. Longer than peoples attention span.”
—
We live in the era of “instant” everything. If a video takes 4 seconds to start, people get all worked up.

Back in the day, you could have a Hundred Years’ War and people would exclaim “Boy, that went by fast”.

[algore]

‘Back in the day, you could have a Hundred Years’ War and people would exclaim “Boy, that went by fast”.’

At least the few that were more than 116 years old

[Meet the New Boss]

In Russia there was a segment of the population convinced of the extraordinary significance of the date 22/02/2022

The theory was explained to me, but I can’t remember it at the moment, it was some characteristic Russian numbers thing that seemed dumb and superstitious to me

Anyway, they were convinced that if Putin invaded on 22/02/2022 then that would be the end of the world or something

And when he didn’t I guess they all breathed a sign of relief. At least until he invaded on the 24th!