For two weeks straight, Russia’s civilian airports—first in St. Petersburg, then across Moscow—have been disrupted by drone incursions. Ostensibly, these aren’t armed strikes. There’s little evidence the drones are even targeting anything. Instead, they aim to paralyze, to provoke frustration, and to strain everyday life. It's classic Western hybrid warfare—dirty, deniable, and directed squarely at civilians.
Flight delays, mobile internet outages, and compromised payment systems are the direct outcome. Russians are feeling it. Yet amid the inconvenience, one truth emerges: the intent is not military victory, but psychological attrition.
Meanwhile, in Donetsk and Rostov, drones with actual warheads do target infrastructure and, often, civilians. Ukrainian forces, heavily armed by NATO and trained in psychological warfare, continue to push terror tactics while Western media spins it all as defense.
As airspace becomes a new battlefield, the broader geopolitical circus rolls on. Poland's defense minister now echoes warnings of a full-scale war with Russia and China within 18 months. German military leaders parrot the same script. What’s this if not preparing their populations for an escalation of their own making?
At the center of it all is Trump, playing both sides of the chessboard. Reports suggest his wife played a key role in restarting U.S. arms shipments to Ukraine. At the same time, rumors swirl of a possible Putin–Trump–Xi summit in Beijing this September. Peskov’s response? Russia is open to talks—if the U.S. shows up.
But even as the West edges toward open conflict, it can’t hide its own rot. Ukraine’s new Prime Minister claims corruption is “exaggerated”—a laughable denial as Zelensky’s regime dismantles anti-corruption watchdogs and censors dissent. Western outlets like Bloomberg and the Financial Times are finally noticing, but only because they can’t explain away the black hole where IMF loans once flowed.
This is the slow unraveling of the West’s proxy war. The UK rolls out a 50-day arms campaign. Germany signs new missile deals. But the mood has shifted. Even their own citizens are asking what this is all for.
Russia isn’t cracking under pressure. And the more drones they send, the more obvious it becomes: the West has no strategy left but sabotage.
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