Warning, massive post ahead :
The trolling level is beyond anything anyone on here could possibly imagine. Ex- Soviet Republics are MASTER trolls ( thanks to it's secretive and shady nature.)
Russia isnt crying about anything ; it's a display of Kremlin's dark twisted humour slowly gaining momentum.
Expect ugly things to happen soon ( most of which will never be reported since INTELLIGENCE agencies are behind it ; and Im not necessarely referring to SBU ( UA ) or FSB ( RF ).
There is a reason you never get detailed explanations about the targets hit by Russian missiles and drones.
Did you hear about 3 or 4 top Ukrainian interior Ministry leadership members dying among 14 people in a helicopter crash in January ?
Why civilian infrastructures are sometimes hit ?
Example : The mall "Retroville" located in Kiev, which got obliterated in July 2022.
Why ?
Answer : this was spotted the day before
Those weapons cost MONEY. No one is going to be using them just for the lols.
On 8 April 2022, a Russian missile strike hit the railway station of the Ukrainian city of Kramatorsk ( Kharkov or Kharkiv in Ukrainian ). This attack seemed barbaric and totally uncalled for. Here's the thing, they used an Iskander missile. A very expensive piece of military hardware which requires DAYS of intel gathering and preparation before firing......Yeah sure, lets destroy this because, you know, fuck them.
One golden rule for any totalirarian regime is to always keep SEVERAL intelligence agencies working separately ( 3-4 minimum ). When said agencies have closer ties, a coup or a government collapse is to be expected.
This is what happened in Nazi Germany after Stauffenberg's failed assasination attempt on Hitler in 1944 ( hi Matt ). Control of all Intelligence organizations was basically handed over to Himmler.
Before that, 4 organizations acted separately and independently ( under several commanders ).
What followed next is no coincidence.
The same phenomenon likely happened in Soviet Union.
First, the Perestroïka in 1985 ( Restructuring ) and Glasnost' ( Transparency ) policies were nothing more than elaborated exit plans for the Soviet Intellegentsia before the anticipated collapse of the Soviet Union ( december 1991 ).
They stole everything and vanished.
To believe that Gorbachev was a promising, honest leader who tried to rescue & revolutionize the Eastern bloc is utter crap.
What killed the USSR was mostly a coordinared coup from the Intelligence Agencies ( KGB included, yes. )
The United States have, at least, 16 agencies.
Now, one weird thing westerners must understand : the USSR never truly collapsed. It's spirit still lives EVERYWHERE in the former Republics.
The Ukraine and the Russian Federation are one and the same. Some factions scheme with the West, most do with the Kremlin.
Nobody is "winning" or "losing". Ukraine will be dismembered by both parties. This was planned a long time ago.
Case in point :
This interview on National TV was broadcast in early April.
The man is a Ukrainian finance and weapon’s industry magnate. His name is Vladymir Yatsenko.
He offered a cash prize of 20 million Griven ( ~ $550'000 USD) to any national weapons producer that manages to land a drone inside Moscow’s Red Square during Russia’s upcoming Victory Day celebration.
then we have this
Yuri Romanenko is a political journalist with close ties to the Ukrainian Government.
Translated word for word, his tweet says :
Putin, we are getting closer,
Did everyone hear about the drone that reached Moscow but failed to detonate ?
Well, here's the deal, that drone wasnt flying there by accident. Last week, our intel got ahold of an info about Putin's visit to the industrial parc near Rudnevo. They even managed to get a detailed plan of his tour.
This information was confirmed by Pavel Zarubin on his telegram channel. Our guys launched a kamikaze drone, which passed through every Russian Air Defense systems and landed relativily close to the industrial complex. The next morning, when the information made it to Kremlin, a huge turmoil began. Peskov ( Putin's press secretary ) informed on his telegram channel of Putin's updated working schedule. The Federal Protective Service started seriously searching for potential leaks.
Knowing how much Putin is obsessed with his safety, this incident will potentially have huge consequences behind the Kremlin walls.So there you have it. A gigantic joke even well established Ukrainian actors are taking part in.
TL;DR :
NEVER believe anything that comes from the Kremlin or Kiev. Simple rule.