Originally Posted by TreeMutt
Do you think the only masters of disinformation is our own MSM?....The Kremlin is aware that the Wagner chief has been somewhat spotlighted by the Western pundits. This gives them another venue for misdirection...

Example; he said he and his fighters were going to leave Bakhmut some time ago, complaining about all sorts of things, but this never happened and they ended up taking Bakhmut.....get people to believe what they want to believe. Get them all worked up in a frenzy of speculation then misdirect to something opposite.

Sun Tzu text book stuff

MAGA!

The text book part is that he got the support he was clamoring for by that threat and with some actual withdrawals for effect.