Christopher Maffei: Putin’s Mother of all Maskirovkas

Subtext: The Coup that Wasn’t and The Red Iron Wall

To start with, in a proxy conflict of this magnitude, the people connected to this war will be experiencing extreme distortions in information. And unless you are on the battlefield or sitting in a NATO operations center. It will be impossible to understand what reality is.

Therefore, based on Telegram sources here we go…

It was the 3rd of June, and a single Ukrainian officer rose his flare gun into the warm evening air — and let loose a single shot. At that moment, the Ukrainian Army started its movement toward the Western Russian Defenses. The Russian defenses — savage, and hard-fought — lay before the Ukrainians once again.

Moving slowly for the first 90 minutes, there seemed to be no resistance as the Ukrainian columns traversed flat ground. Then suddenly, as if Zeus through a whopping bolt of lightning, the Ukrainian columns came under a holocaust of pre-registered artillery fire. As the armored columns moved, the Russians ‘walked’ their artillery barrage up and down the Ukrainian’s axis of advance.

Within 48 hours, most of the leading Ukrainian tanks were smashed or on fire. After two days of being under the explosive hammer of razor-sharp steel and with NATO communications jammed. The Ukrainian Army fled in panic — abandoning most of their Leopard 2s and Bradley’s

As the Ukrainian rout gathered momentum, Russian Ka-52s were doing their best to engage the retreating armor with their missiles and at the same time laying smoke to thwart SAM activity. Nevertheless, a single 52 was hit by a Stinger, spun out of control, landed hard on a slope and slid into a grass soaked gully— the crew was rescued by Spetsnaz during the night.

Sadly, as a symbol of ultimate self-annihilation and criminality. Wounded Ukrainians were shot by their own snipers as they returned to their lines. Hearkening to the Hitlerian ideology of never retreat, never surrender and fight to the last man.

By June 10th, many in the Ukrainian Army refused to move from their start positions — apparently sabotaging their own equipment to prevent them from moving.

By this point, the Ukrainian Army had lost the initiative…

For the Russians, their objective was simple. Get the Ukrainian’s to commit their remaining armor to the battle. And draw their tracked vehicles into the range of Russian artillery.

The luckless Ukrainians wouldn’t budge.

Therefore…

The Russian’s needed a ruse, the Russians leaked a story to the media that Wagner had fled the line of contact; heading North in a full mutiny to Moscow. This deception used the Western media to spread a false narrative of Wagner treason.

We can never forget, military deceptions can be broken down into one very simple question:

Is it possible for the people or circumstances to produce the effects you perceive?

For example:

On Saturday, at the start of the PMC coup, Wagner was 200 km away from Moscow. Yet on Sunday, Wagner was 100 km away from Kiev.

Or

Can Wagner disengage from combat at a moment’s notice? Requisition 50,000 gallons of fuel and move 25 thousand men 2100 km to the North in 48 hours?

Of course not.

This is a carefully crafted Maskirovka where the Russians are trolling a narrative that the Western media wants to hear —

“There is Dissension in the Russian Ranks!”

This gives the false impression there are gaps that can be exploited by the Ukrainian Armor. In this case, the Russians used Western politicians and the Western media to help with Russian military objectives. In this case, drawing the Ukrainian armor back into the fight.

Also, this gives the Jackals in Washington a story they wanted to hear. Moreover, this Russian ruse played the Western media against itself. And finally, this gives a false impression that NATO tactics are succeeding — (laughing)

Just yesterday, when Stoltenberg was at the Hague, and said:

“We all saw the events in Russia over the last [few] days. These are internal Russian matters,” (…) “At the same time, we must not underestimate Russia,” (…) Stoltenberg argued that the more territory Kiev manages to retake, “the stronger their hand will eventually be at the negotiating table.”

Stoltenberg is hoping for negotiations at the conference in Lithuania next month. But not for the Ukrainian’s benefit. Jens told everyone the real reason why in Berlin earlier this month:

“Our arsenals of weapons and ammunition are depleted and must be replenished not only in Germany, but also in many NATO countries. (…) This is the main thing that needs to be done to continue supporting Ukraine and ensuring our own defense

NATO is fucking defeated and Ukraine is in collapse.

It should be clear to everyone by now — Russia will be dictating terms. And NATO is nothing more than a hollow shell. Unless of course, there is about 800,000 American boys strapping up their boots, grabbing their rifles, and heading over to Poland right now — with 1 million more to follow in 12 months.

Not going to happen.

— Chris