Comments by "R Johansen" (@rjohansen9486) on "Putin Confirms Pilots Died as Wagner Downed Priceless Russian Warplane | What Kyiv Could Never Do" video.

Not so sure if they would have sacrificed planes, helis and pilots as a maskirovka, but it wouldn't be the first time Putin kills his own. In 1999 he wanted to take power and invaded Chechnya. More than 300 people was killed in a series of apartments bombings. Putin blamed Checnya. A suspicious device resembling those used in the bombings was found by civilians and defused in another apartment block in Ryazan. Three FSB agents who had planted the devices at Ryazan were arrested by the local police. The next day, FSB director Nikolay Patrushev announced that the incident in Ryazan had been an anti-terror drill and the device found there contained only sugar. THAT is maskirovka!
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