In 2018, Putin dared the West to impose as many sanctions on Russia as possible, saying it would free his hands to pursue bold measures in defense of the country’s interests.

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https://twitter.com/AZmilitary1/status/1564344323038224384?t=wIIAmQpyhkcEcVyXfFuujg&s=19

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All their sanction seem to be back firing

There were miscalculations with the whole Ukraine situation.

Russia miscalculated. They miscalculated based on an outcome which worked for them 2x. It worked in Georgia and it worked in Crimea. Why would it not work in Ukraine? Of course they chose a tested strategy.

It failed — they pulled back and readjusted. Exactly as a professional army should.

Russian Armed Forces Adapt and overcome. You can catch them by surprise — but you better capitalize on it because it will not last long. They’ll always adapt and overcome. That’s what a professional army does, that is the whole point of military training, especially Russian training.

But do we know who miscalculated the most? — not Europe, not NATO, but the US. The US has failed spectacularly. American economists, think-tanks and analysts have completely fallen for their own propaganda. They really believed the story of Russia being a “gas station masquerading as a country”. That was a derogatory piece of propaganda that came out from the US years ago, it stuck with them and they eventually believed it.

They expected the Russian economy to fold; completely collapse and implode. This situation has showed how bad US intelligence is inside of Russia. They truly had no idea about the sophistication of the Russian economic model. Their own country slipped into recession and their allies overseas have been pushed into what is going to be one of the biggest economic and humanitarian disasters Europe has ever seen. — all thanks to the White House and its incompetence. The Russian Ruble is doing great.
Russian Manufacturing and service sectors are now generating bigger profits than before the sanctions and before the Ukrainian war.

Russia was not confident before. They always believed that they low-key need the west. They didn’t think they’re good enough. — now they found out that they are. They found out their economy is self-sufficient and that they can rely on themselves and their industrial power & economic influence in the world.

This is the wake up call Russia needed to move forward — And it will do so. Russia now knows that it can, that it is able and that it is strong. It knows it has some of the most competent politicians in the world — not driven by emotion, but by wisdom and analytical leadership.

No matter how you feel about politics, nobody can deny that Lavrov and Putin are today’s sharpest minds. There’s absolutely nobody that could fold either one of them in a discussion/negotiation — and again, Russia now knows that.

In conclusion, the US is making Russia incredibly powerful— from within: which is exactly where it was missing all these years.

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We have looked 400 years into documented diplomatic history between countries — in 400 years, no country, no alliance, no block has sanctioned itself into a crisis. No party has cut itself off from resources and energy voluntarily.

This is history in the making, and it’s possibly the stupidest, funniest and most ridiculous course of events we’re ever going to see.

Let’s not forget that Russia did not stop energy supplies to Europe. Europe literally stopped them all by themselves. They sanctioned their own supplies.

Now European media openly talks about Russia “weaponizing” its natural resources. How did Russia weaponize its natural resources?

Did you ban the payment method yourselves? Yes.

Did you accept the alternative payment method Russia MADE for you? Nope.

Did Russia turn the taps off on Europe? Nope.

We have very smart followers. Please make us understand this logic? �

/asbmil

Good analysis of the situation... But until now, did we all understand how important Russia is to the world.
They really own the bargaining chip

rottennaija:
We have looked 400 years into documented diplomatic history between countries — in 400 years, no country, no alliance, no block has sanctioned itself into a crisis. No party has cut itself off from resources and energy voluntarily.

This is history in the making, and it’s possibly the stupidest, funniest and most ridiculous course of events we’re ever going to see.

Let’s not forget that Russia did not stop energy supplies to Europe. Europe literally stopped them all by themselves. They sanctioned their own supplies.

Now European media openly talks about Russia “weaponizing” its natural resources. How did Russia weaponize its natural resources?

Did you ban the payment method yourselves? Yes.

Did you accept the alternative payment method Russia MADE for you? Nope.

Did Russia turn the taps off on Europe? Nope.

We have very smart followers. Please make us understand this logic? �

/asbmil

Spot on.
Sometimes I feel it is destiny.
The war is just crazy.. Putin calls it special Operation, not even a war,that alone has just told the world not to judge them their military might because its not a war. Sometimes I just feel Russia can just end this if anytime they want by carpet bombing Kiev and the world won't do shit because this is not 1944 where large number of army is needed, it is a matter of pressing that red button.
the war is not between Ukraine and Russia. It is a special operation against NATO, the war is getting longer because Russia is making it longer,it is really a special operation.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NgTF-OTJGOQ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zn6c-UkqlHo

Kherson - an example of false propaganda and a successful psychological warfare operation.

Undoubtedly, Ukraine has been preparing for this war for a long time, many methods and approaches were developed back in 2015, and possibly even earlier.

Today, in many Western media there is information that the Armed Forces of Ukraine from the very beginning use the "Operational concept of resistance", which was developed by the United States and allies in the North Atlantic Alliance back in 2013, and allows you to counteract superior enemy forces. This concept provides for an unconventional approach to warfare and total defense, in which both military personnel and the civilian population take part.

As for the civilian population, we are talking not only about the use of mobilized territorial defense, but also about the promotion of important information and psychological warfare. And in Ukraine, all of that is going well.

The pumping of panic into Kherson, Kakhovka, Nova Kakhovka and a number of other Russian Armed Forces-controlled settlements did not begin yesterday, but several months before the "counteroffensive" itself.

There is no doubt that the disinformation crackdown on the topic of “breaking through the Russian defences”, lmassive artillery and rocket attacks”, as well as the activation of the DRG, which began yesterday in the Ukrainian telegram channels & took place simultaneously.. all at once— there’s no doubt that these are links of the same chain — coordinated from one “decision-making center”

Yes, the lie was total - Ukraine’s MSM unanimously announced the “evacuation” from Kherson, the predetermined future of the entire region, the "historical moment" of the NWO.

Later, when it became clear that the offensive had stalled, no one was even attempting to refute anything.

This is a psychological warfare operation, and Kiev has succeeded in it.

Ukrainian Dominance in the operational information field really caused panic among the Russians and a feeling of “overcoming” among the Ukrainians.

Although, in fact, there were no Ukrainian tanks near Kherson and Kakhovka.

The enemy must not be underestimated, modern warfare cannot be viewed solely from the standpoint of military tactics. Ukraine is weaker than Russia in terms of weapons, but they have excellent mentors and good manuals.

Therefore, the question is: where is Russia’s answer, where are the photos of corpses in the Kherson region which should be released to the public, where is the psychological warfare? Russia still does not have an offensive initiative in the informational space of warfare.

It is where Russia lacks and Ukraine excels, thanks to western manuals and a great propaganda network thanks to western media. NATO states, especially US and UK are undefeated masters at informational warfare.

This op-ed is from Boris Rozhin, we added our own bits into it and rewrote it so it’d make sense in English. We were in fact writing something very similar to this but he beat us to it, so all credit goes to Boris.

/asbmil