Russia's War Against Ukraine

[JasonPratt]

Meanwhile, Putin decides that all he was trying to do was push back Uk artillery out of range of Belgorod. Not capture Kharkiv. So he hasn't failed at that, therefore isn't going to fail at that, therefore he remains a master strateNYET STOP LOOKING AT MAP SHOWING REBEL UKRAINE HOLDING UNAUTHORIZED LAND AS FAR NORTH AS OKIP MUCH CLOSER TO BELGOROD TARGETS THAN LAND NORTH OF KHARKIV!

https://x.com/NOELreports/status/1791420518349820302

Hat tip to the Enforcer.

To be fair, Zelensky thinks this was a probing attack with the main thrust being much larger and coming later next month. That doesn't really explain why Putin would be shoveling what sounds like hillocks of copium, but Putin is a master strategist so maybe he thinks if he claims he wasn't trying to take Kharkiv people will believe him and go away...?