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The author barely gives any notice about ‘internal’ dissent, but that’s almost certainly a big part of this, as there’s too much going on in too many different places, that are far from the border, and covert infiltration in non-permissive areas is extremely<\/em> difficult to pull off.<\/p>\n

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BLUF:
\n….it\u2019s the nature of wars that were meant to be limited to spin out of control.<\/p>\n

What the Hell Is Going On in Russia?<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cWhat the hell is going on in Russia?\u201d is the kind of headline you write when there\u2019s so much weird stuff going on that it\u2019s impossible to summarize it cleverly.<\/p>\n

Maybe you\u2019ll find this catchier: There\u2019s a lot of stuff getting blown up in Russia, and it might not just be the Ukrainians blowing it up.<\/p>\n

The weirdness got going in a normal way, with reports earlier this week of Ukraine\u2019s \u201cembrace of the British special forces model<\/a>\u201d to strike targets inside Russia that the regular Army (or even Ukraine\u2019s inadequate Air Force) could never reach.<\/p>\n

The\u00a0Washington Examiner\u2019<\/em>s Tom Rogan reported that a major oil depot was hit on Monday in Bryansk, more than 60 miles inside Russia\u2019s border with Ukraine. That\u2019s outside the range of most of Ukraine\u2019s drones.<\/p>\n

While interesting, it isn\u2019t exactly a \u201cwhat the hell?\u201d moment. British troops have been training Ukraine\u2019s special operators since Russia annexed Ukraine and armed insurgents in Ukraine\u2019s Donbas region back in 2014.<\/p>\n

Two more\u00a0such attacks<\/a>\u00a0were reported the next day:<\/p>\n

Two explosions were reported in Voronezh, nearly 200 miles from Ukraine, and a Ukrainian drone was reportedly shot down over Kursk, about 70 miles from the border.<\/p>\n

The attacks in Kursk and Voronezh, where air-defense systems were reportedly activated, raised the specter of a wider war, as they were farther inside Russia than previous targets.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

If you had asked me last week if Ukraine could hit a target 200 miles inside Russia, I\u2019d have been doubtful.<\/p>\n

Actually, it\u2019s still a bit hard to believe.<\/p>\n

But maybe you\u2019ll join me in asking \u201cWhat the hell is going on in Russia?\u201d after these next few items.<\/p>\n

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