Hapless

Artillery deployed drones.

There. I can have the cake and eat it.

More seriously, there's inevitably going to be a blurry line between smart submunitions and drones at some point.

Artillery deployed drones.

There. I can have the cake and eat it.

More seriously, there's inevitably going to be a blurry line between smart submunitions and drones at some point.

I have no idea what point that guy is trying to make.

I have no idea what point that guy is trying to make.

I have no idea what point that guy is trying to make.

Thanks!
 
 

@dan/california Seen as though I was eyeballing it.

Having to re-read it to edit this post down only makes it sound crazier.

I have no idea what point that guy is trying to make.

It kinda looks like he's trying to say that Ukraine can't possibly prevail in a war of attrition against Russia, so they needed a sexy Western-style decisive victory to prevail- specifically the envelopment and annihilation of Russian columns stalled on the way to Kyiv.

But he also explicitly says that probably wouldn't have delivered victory anyway and now its stalemate.

So... I dunno. It think at best its not even analysis, at worst its rehashing Russian propaganda points from a different angle.

I have no idea what point that guy is trying to make.

I have no idea what point that guy is trying to make.

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/shooting-blast-reported-concert-hall-near-moscow-agencies-2024-03-22/

Quick tinfoil hat take:

Putin secures election 'legitimacy'
Peskov says it's no longer a Special Military Operation, it's a War
Terror attack in Moscow
...
Mobilisation

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/shooting-blast-reported-concert-hall-near-moscow-agencies-2024-03-22/

Quick tinfoil hat take:

Putin secures election 'legitimacy'
Peskov says it's no longer a Special Military Operation, it's a War
Terror attack in Moscow
...
Mobilisation

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/shooting-blast-reported-concert-hall-near-moscow-agencies-2024-03-22/

Quick tinfoil hat take:

Putin secures election 'legitimacy'
Peskov says it's no longer a Special Military Operation, it's a War
Terror attack in Moscow
...
Mobilisation

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/shooting-blast-reported-concert-hall-near-moscow-agencies-2024-03-22/

Quick tinfoil hat take:

Putin secures election 'legitimacy'
Peskov says it's no longer a Special Military Operation, it's a War
Terror attack in Moscow
...
Mobilisation

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/shooting-blast-reported-concert-hall-near-moscow-agencies-2024-03-22/

Quick tinfoil hat take:

Putin secures election 'legitimacy'
Peskov says it's no longer a Special Military Operation, it's a War
Terror attack in Moscow
...
Mobilisation

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/shooting-blast-reported-concert-hall-near-moscow-agencies-2024-03-22/

Quick tinfoil hat take:

Putin secures election 'legitimacy'
Peskov says it's no longer a Special Military Operation, it's a War
Terror attack in Moscow
...
Mobilisation

Yeah. There are plenty of possibilities, not all of them false flag and if there's anything Putin has shown himself to not be it's the 4d chessmaster Bond villian we all thought he was before 2022.

No doubt more details (and 'more details') will come out, but the timing seems awfully convenient.

Good points from guy from intelligence specialising in Russian securty topics, naturally just observations, not analysis despite first sentence:
https://twitter.com/Maciej_Korowaj/status/1771250686065328470
MASSACRE IN MOSkVA - own analysis All the following assumptions are based on my own experience and observation of open Russian sources. The first factor is a lot of "good filming" of materials and the speed of appearance on the Russian network strongly reminds me of the информационный каскад "information cascades" way of promoting information by the Russian services... Let us remember that the Russian network is heavily controlled by Moscow. Another is the time of carrying out the operation, i.e. right after the president's post-election position was established, which indicates that it would not cause image problems during the elections. The actions of the Russian services and the means used to control the situation indicate that these services were very well prepared for this particular operation (which is not the Russian rule). I noticed the lack of the typical "healthy nervousness" in the operation of special units, which indicates that they were previously ready for this type of operation... I estimate that if this was an operation of "Putin's opponents" or "armed opposition" it would have had a greater impact during the elections... than now From a cold perspective, this points to "False Flag" operations and of course there are questions about how it will be sold in the media in Russia and around the world... The Russians are building tension and the message is spreading to the world. Best regards and thank you.   It may not be relevant who is perpetrator, but how Kremlin plans to use it.

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/shooting-blast-reported-concert-hall-near-moscow-agencies-2024-03-22/

Quick tinfoil hat take:

Putin secures election 'legitimacy'
Peskov says it's no longer a Special Military Operation, it's a War
Terror attack in Moscow
...
Mobilisation

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/shooting-blast-reported-concert-hall-near-moscow-agencies-2024-03-22/

Quick tinfoil hat take:

Putin secures election 'legitimacy'
Peskov says it's no longer a Special Military Operation, it's a War
Terror attack in Moscow
...
Mobilisation

Most probably, but is could also be some Caucasus issue- these dangers ddn't go away by fact of state waging war.What we know so far clips with shooters clearly show coordination among them (not some gangs infighting) and are now widely spread by accounts of katsap propaganda.

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/shooting-blast-reported-concert-hall-near-moscow-agencies-2024-03-22/

Quick tinfoil hat take:

Putin secures election 'legitimacy'
Peskov says it's no longer a Special Military Operation, it's a War
Terror attack in Moscow
...
Mobilisation

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/shooting-blast-reported-concert-hall-near-moscow-agencies-2024-03-22/

Quick tinfoil hat take:

Putin secures election 'legitimacy'
Peskov says it's no longer a Special Military Operation, it's a War
Terror attack in Moscow
...
Mobilisation

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/shooting-blast-reported-concert-hall-near-moscow-agencies-2024-03-22/

Quick tinfoil hat take:

Putin secures election 'legitimacy'
Peskov says it's no longer a Special Military Operation, it's a War
Terror attack in Moscow
...
Mobilisation