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Russia has more than enough interest in provoking the war themselves given they did it twice already in crimea and donbas. As well as provoking the mobilization

Russia has more than enough interest in provoking the war themselves given they did it twice already in crimea and donbas. As well as provoking the mobilization of Azov and building their reputation, given the latter invasion. Though Azov seems to have no diplomatic arm or representation in government? It seems to me that US intelligence did to proper thing in loudly declaring the (accurate) plans of russian forces; though at what cost to their future sources remains to be seen.

netsharc 5y ago
> at what cost to their future sources If we can believe this story[1], some FSB guys were tasked throughout the years with bribing Ukranian military leaders to just lay down their weapons when the invasion begins. The FSB guys thought, "You're giving me cash to prepare for something (Ukranian invasion) that'll never happen, and you don't expect a receipt? Wahey, call the Mercedes dealership, and look up villas on the Black Sea coast!". And when Putin told them the invasion was going to happen, they panicked, and thought how to prevent it from happening and their embezzlement to be caught, "If we leak the plans to CIA, then Putin might get cold feet.". That's why the US seems to have been very well informed about it. [1] http://www.thelowdownblog.com/2022/03/is-putins-invasion-failing-because.html http://www.thelowdownblog.com/2022/03/is-putins-invasion-fai... In any case, this whole reply thread is off-topic to the article (which is about hunger, which will be real whoever provoked the war in reality and people's messed up's minds) and it's because top commenter is butthurt about one word...