Russia reminds us all that they are lying bastards.
Come on Russia, keep your story straight!
Ukraine and Russia have been locked in a conflict since 2014, when unmarked Russian forces rolled over the border into Crimea as Putin and other Russian officials denied their involvement. That claim was an apparent effort to induce Ukraine’s U.S. and European partners from responding efficiently, but Putin admitted to the ruse during a 2015 documentary on the operation.
“I gave orders to the Defense Ministry —why hide it? — to deploy special forces of the GRU [military intelligence], as well as marines and commandos there under the guise of reinforcing security for our military facilities in Crimea,” Putin said.
Peskov reverted Thursday to the previous posture of denying military involvement in Ukraine.
As I've said, Russian so-called hybrid warfare consists of Russia invading a country, Russia denying they are invading a country, and the West going along with the Russian lie.
The lie worked long enough for Russia to bite chunks out of Ukraine's hide. Then Russia boasted of their conquest.
And now Russia is back to denying they did anything. That's not ominous at all.
