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Day 1 in the New Year: Russian Lunacy Continues, Belgorod, a Terrorist Attack?
The Kremlin signaled that Russian patriots should grieve for Belgorod, so in unison, they bleat
It’s all the rage in 2024. The Russian zeitgeist is buzzing with the “terroristic” attack on the city of Belgorod on December 30th. Putin is vowing to intensify attacks on Ukraine to make “them pay.” Holiday celebrations were canceled all across Russia in a sign of support for the victims of “terrorism.”
If it wasn’t so tragic, people, after all, are losing their lives, you would want to laugh gayly at the Kremlin-created truth. How does a Ukrainian response to an onslaught of 180 missiles and drones on December 29th become Ukrainian terrorism?
Most Russians have no idea that their country fired 180 missiles at cities and towns all over the country on Friday. They don’t know that one missile entered Polish airspace and skirted the country’s border for five minutes. Poland didn’t shoot it down because it was clear the missile was not meant for Polish territory but vowed to shoot down any future missiles that entered.
Russians still doubt the reality in Ukraine, making it so easy for the Kremlin to commit any crime. The lack of intellectual curiosity that characterizes Russians…
