Ein russischer Abgeordneter sagt, das Militär habe gewusst, dass die Ukraine einen Angriff auf Kursk plante, aber allen sei gesagt worden, sie sollten „nicht in Panik geraten“, weil „die da oben es besser wüssten“.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/russian-lawmaker-says-military-knew-053535592.html
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Pretty lame excuse I’d say.
Aka, “We can’t do anything at the moment about it”
“Some of you may die. But it’s a sacrifice, I am willing to make.”
He is sayin this on Russian TV? 🍿
Sounds like the drama series Chernobyl first episode
76 occupied settlements, not great, not terrible
— that guy above who knew better
You would think they’d learn from Israel and Gaza already about the consequences of ignoring intelligence of an impending attack.
I wonder if Andrey is going to have a window-related “accident” soon for going off-message.
Completely normal phenomenon
Sounds like this lawmaker will accidentally fall out of a basement window and die.
‘those above know better ‘ is a common phrase in Russia and it’s never true
That’s cute but how did they know
Narrator: Those above did, in fact, not know better
Werent problem like this why many WW2 battles were won/lost? Not just wrong information but complacency and denial.
Thank god for Russian authoritarian style of command, hope they keep up at it.
Did Putin really think that his invasion of Ukraine was going to a short duration limited military operation??? With a one party system based on loyalty not competence, and the same president for 24 years, the higher ups know how not to make Putin angry and that is about it.
“Putin has never done any miscalculations, we’ll trust his gut feeling”
If “those above” knew better, Russia wouldn’t be a failing totalitarian oligarchy and the invasion of Ukraine would’ve never happened in the first place
Sounds like the guards in the original Splinter Cell.
“It was prroobably naathing”
How soviet
Leopard 2s Ate My Face
“Those above know better” a tail as old as time for Russia.
So did they let it happen to gain support for their war or did they underestimate Ukraine forces?
(X) Doubt
If Ukraine allies weren’t told till just before, how could Russia know ? This seems like cya.
Isn’t putler too short to be above and know better?
“Инициатива наказуема” – “being initiarive is punishable” is a philosophical principle well-known in Russia.
This is what someone usually says right before the trip out a window on the 30th floor.
This was the Soviets view of the NAZI’s just before their invasion. Lower level officers had reports of movement along the border but higher up just ignored the reports.
So as the great Yogi Berra said deja-vu all over again!
Almost like, despite their protests, authoritarians are terrible at running countries.
This is the type of article that gets people defenestrated, and I expect it will be effective.
Yes, yes, comrade. We know all along. We are simply luring the foolish Ukrainians into a trap! See how the burning Russian tanks form a smoke-screen?
Hope they stay away from windows and keep as low to the ground as possible after saying something like this.
Wow, it sounds like a certain Russian lawmaker is gonna be getting real clumsy around a window real soon.
They should have seen a troop buildup. Russia has satellites, it likely would have been fairly obvious of troops amassing in an area.
Authoritarianism doesn’t work, and it never has, and never will. How many times do we have to fucking put ourselves through this torturous bullshit to realize that?
Putin probably thinks this will allow him to safe face when having to give the stolen Ukrainian territory back. He’ll be able to say he got Kursk back in return and completed the special operation
Wish they would do something about those”above “ them.
Those above: “How can they invade us? We are Russia! We can’t be invaded!”
Is the incursion into Russia weakening Ukraine somewhere else, does it make them vulnerable in any way?
Thank you, “those above”!