An article from Larry Johnson of Sonar21 just came out on the after effects of Operation Spiderweb. I thought it was quite good. It's here:
Quoting perhaps the most interesting part of the article:
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Then came Wednesday, June 4. We don’t know who initiated the call between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin, but my money is on Trump. I posted Trump’s Truth Social post about that conversation at the head of this article.
Let’s focus on Trump’s spin about that exchange:
No more name calling by Trump. He is appropriately respectful, referring to “President Putin,” instead of describing Putin as crazy. I don’t know if this call took place before or after Putin’s televised meeting with his national security team, but Putin’s body language and tone of voice indicated controlled fury. I suspect he adopted the same posture with President Trump during their conversation. Trump left the chat with no doubt about Putin’s intention… he is going to respond in the strongest terms to the attack on the airfields.
Following that conversation, the U.S. Embassy in Kyiv issued a Security Alert advising U.S. citizens in Ukraine to exercise heightened caution due to an increase in Russian missile and drone attacks across the country. U.S. citizens were urged to be prepared to shelter immediately in case of air raids or other attacks.
Message sent, message delivered. What is remarkable about Putin’s stance on the attacks last weekend is that this marks the first time he is openly accusing Ukraine, and “its supporters,” of terrorism. Quite a contrast to Putin’s previous responses to the terrorist attacks on the Kerch Bridge on October 8, 2022 and the Crocus City Hall on March 22, 2024. The attack on Crocus City Hall resulted in 145 fatalities and 551 injuries, yet Putin did not issue a warning like the one he did today.
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Putin wants to maintain escalation dominance but I am getting really tired of him blaming "The Kiev Regime" which he now says is becoming a terrorist organization when the Russians know that this is simply an outpost of the Imperial Empire,,,,,that these operations are conducted by The Wall Street Mafia/CIA/Mi6/MOSSAD.....that the SBU is nothing but one local office....that their orders money and training comes from on high.