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1. Obvious lies cause even the great KGB liar to choke up. IMO other than for projection and deflection of Russian attacks on Ukrainian civilians, I'm at 90% certain it's a false flag is to justify the movement of Russian air defenses to Moscow. Why? Because it's undefended.
https://twitter.com/wartranslated/status/1663558902431248385
2. If you view the Russian democratic partisans' attacks on #Belhorod as reconnaissance-in-force, and then overlay the actual deployment of Russian forces based around Moscow, it would not be hard to imagine that Putin fears Moscow could be the target of an offensive.
3. First, the sheer size of the Russian force deployment to Ukraine is staggering. It has be the bulk of the entire Russian ground force. They've burned up most of their serviceable armor and the pilots needed for air support are being killed in deadly Storm Shadow strikes. 
4. But looking at the area from northeast Ukraine Moscow there are just a two infantry units in #Kursk. None in #Bryansk or in #Voronezh. Mostly just rear echelon units. No infantry, no tanks and no artillery. Ukraine could roll on Kursk and/or Bryansk and then
5. threaten to make a dash for #Moscow. That would force #Russia to destroy its own road infrastructure and redeploy air force away from Ukraine along with its best troops. Think of Bobby Lee's 1863 summer road-trip to Pennsylvania.
6. The trick is knowing when to scoot back home and avoid the crowded tourist traps in places like Gettysburg. In any event, this is not likely to happen, but that doesn't mean that Putin doesn't fear it. And in war that's often enough to force an enemy to make bad decisions.
7. So Putin announces he's moving air defenses to Moscow. I'm guessing they're going to be delivered by infantry units that might have been on the line when business-end of the the Ukrainian offensive kicks off. And Moscow will hunker down. A capital under a siege of the mind.
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