"And, on the lighter side of the news, Hundreds of Capitalists are Soon to Perish in Shuttle Disaster."
Posted on 07/03/2022 12:35:30 PM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist
Smoke billowing from the Capital Towers in Moscow.
Could be nothing, or...
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Fire at the “Capital Towers” in the center of Moscow
https://rumble.com/v1azp3n-fire-at-the-capital-towers-in-the-center-of-moscow.html
It’s to make way for glorious new tractor factory.
Internal Sabotage?
Ukrainian strike?
Looks like conduit and insulation burning. Could be an electrical fire.
Grease fire in the rooftop restaurant?
Because fires never happen in Russian high rises unless the Russians have invaded Ukraine.
The Ukrainians have no interest in striking civilian targets inside Russia, so the attacks on Belgorod and Kursk far outside of Ukraine's artillery and drone range look like engineered provocations.
Putin may have decided to gamble on a larger escalation to try to finish off the Ukrainians by having Belarus attack the northern flank or start a general terror bombing campaign to increase pressure. Some of this may be driven by pushback Putin is getting from his own military who have felt constrained.
A broader conflict might drag NATO in, for example, it's hard for me to see how Poland will sit by and allow Belarus to invade Western Ukraine. For Putin either scenario may be a win-win: either he conquers most of Ukraine or NATO intervenes and he has an excuse to reach a negotiated settlement in a stronger position with Ukraine and a reason to rein in his military.
This would be the kind of unplanned escalation I have complained about as a possibility for a long time and would be another consequence of the incompetent cowardice of the regime in DC.
They don’t need a factory, they import them from Ukraine
Well… if a plane flies into them after this…
Right - this my other guess - internal sabotage.
There’s been a LOT of civil discourse from the western companies as they’re pulling out (mine included and they offered assistance to repopulate the entire Russian workforce to other offices around the country)
From my understanding the war isn’t exactly popular in Russia either.
If it’s a Ukrainian strike, say goodbye to Kyev and Odessa.
What color is the smoke? Has the politburo selected a new president/dictator?
The ukraine better hope not. Simply put… Putin could have ended this a long time ago. He could have sit in his basement and bombed them into submission. He is taking losses for a reason. The is not a total good side in this war and things are happening we won’t get told about. A lot of media spin. The ukraine civilians are taking the pain.
I saw this same bs the other day. Is this confirmed? I bet they say Putin rushed back to Kremlin. I call BS until verified.
Some background as to why the Ukraine operation is fouled up.
1) The Russian equivalent of the Pentagon was hopelessly top heavy and corrupt, so Putin purged the hell out of it.
2) Being a former KGB (now FSB) man, Putin decided to launch and keep command and control of the military at the direction of untrained KGB/FSB officers. Spies and border patrol do not have the know how to conduct an invasion.
3) Unlike Russian aggression in Georgia and Crimea, that seemed to work, this is why Ukraine is an utter flop.
All they need is some swarthy character yelling “Allahu Ackbar!!!” to make it a party.
"And, on the lighter side of the news, Hundreds of Capitalists are Soon to Perish in Shuttle Disaster."
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