Kremlin concludes drone strike was a US-UK joint operation; NATO ISR assets directed attack; unclear if Trump is in charge any longer
"This was the mood in informed Moscow – only a few hours before the renewed Istanbul kabuki on Russia-Ukraine 'negotiations'. Three key points.

1. The attack on Russian strategic bombers – part of the nuclear triad – was a US-UK joint operation. Especially MI6. The overall tech investment and strategy was provided by this intel combo.

2. It’s patently unclear whether Trump is really in charge – or not. This was confirmed to me at night by a top intel source; he added that the Kremlin and the security services were actively investigating all possibilities, especially who issued the final green light.

3. Near universal popular consensus: Release the Oreshniks. Plus waves of ballistic missiles...

...The point has been made over and over again on why Russia left its strategic bombers unprotected in the tarmac. Because that’s a New START Treaty requirement – signed in 2010 and extended until February next year (when it may go six feet under, considering what just happened).

The New START Treaty stipulates that strategic bombers should be visible to 'national technical means (NTM) of verification, such as satellite imagery, to allow monitoring by the other party.' So their status – nuclear-armed or converted to conventional use – should be always verifiable. No chance of a 'surprise' first strike.

This operation single-handedly blew up what was, up to now, a decent Cold War relic preventing the start of WWIII via a simple mechanism. The recklessness involved is off the charts. So there’s no surprise that the highest echelons of power in Russia – from the Kremlin to the security apparatus – are feverishly working to ascertain whether Trump was in the loop or not. And if he was not, who gave the final green light?

No wonder the highest echelon, so far, is mum.

A security source told me that it was US Secretary of State Marco Rubio that called Lavrov – and not the other way around, to offer condolences for the bridge-on-train terror attack in Bryansk. No word whatsoever about the strategic bombers. In parallel, the former platoon commander in Iraq then Fox News talking head turned head of the Pentagon followed the drone attacks on the Russian bases in real-time..." (excerpts)

Source:
https://www.sott.net/article/499915-Waiting-for-the-Oreshniks-while-the-Istanbul-kabuki-proceeds-not-negatively

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