The misinformation war from Moscow

Propaganda, black or otherwise, misinformation, disinformation and downright lies have all played a role in every war since wars began. Moscow has been particularly adept at playing with the truth. In the war in Ukraine, the Kremlin propaganda machine has been heavily engaged in numerous claims and allegations and accusations. The allegation that Ukraine with western backing is building a dirty (radioactive) bomb, today's claim that the Black Sea Fleet HQ in Crimea has been bombed by Ukrainian drones (could be true but we don't yet know) and all the stuff about how the West is to blame for the war in Ukraine feed into Moscow's playbook that Vladimir Putin and not the poor people of Ukraine, is the victim of the war. After more than seven months it has got to the point where the Kremlin's allegations are getting more and more ludicrous. No one in the West believes a word but of course the Russian people, especially those who live out of Moscow, listen to their leader and trust him. If only they would see through the Putin lies and start protesting on a national scale, perhaps the Putin regime could come to a premature end. But that reamins a wholly unlikely scenario. So we have to put up with the nonsense which seems to get more outrageous as each day goes by. Meanwhile Putin has stopped Ukraine's grain exports because of the attacks on the Black Sea Fleet HQ which makes me wonder whether it was actually the Russians who carried out the sabotage in order to justify stopping the grain sales which are so vital to the Ukrainian economy and feeding millions of people in Africa. I know it seems far-fetched but there is a long history of Russia's security and intelligence services carrying out bombing attacks and killings and blaming whoever it wants to blame at the time. *I have a spy thriller with a strong Russian theme called Shadow Lives coming out as a paperback on November 30. The ebook version is now available for pre-orders at £1.99 from https://amzn.to/3TVLN7e. Pre-orders help me hugely to obtain a good Amazon presence!!