The end?

I don’t think there has ever been any evidence that he was dead

No, there wasn't. There was only that he hasn't actually been seen for months and was very sick then. But the weird thing is that of the three Putins out and about yesterday, the one that tripped all the facial recognition alarms was the one driving around Mariupol. Not confirmed as him, but apparently (I'm told) a high probability according to the AI. Maybe he suddenly doesn't give a hoot about personal security. Anyway, nothing would surprise me.
 
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No, there wasn't. There was only that he hasn't actually been seen for months and was very sick then. But the weird thing is that of the three Putins out and about yesterday, the one that tripped all the facial recognition alarms was the one driving around Mariupol. Not confirmed as him, but apparently (I'm told) a high probability according to the AI. Maybe he suddenly doesn't give a hoot about personal security. Anyway, nothing would surprise me.
I noticed on the videos released yesterday of Putin in Crimea / Mariupol that he wasn't walking around with his usual stiff right arm that much ..

Putins stiff arm walking ..


"Putin" Yesterday (most notable at about 50 second mark) .. can see people in the comments have noticed it too ..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ub20UrFH0Ak
 
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Saw the vid of him driving round Mariupol. Heff off, normal roads and traffic, no motorcade, no blocked roads, street lights. Do me a favour.
 
Enemies in conflicts do that, they react and adapt.

Were the Russians ever really going to just give up?

If it goes on long enough I think they’ll fully mobilise.
It’s the problem of trying to apply rational actor thinking on Ruzzia. They have lost.

Emptying prisons is probably on no one’s list of adaptations so on Ukraine has to go.

Yes, a rational Russia would have given up by now. It’s not rational it’s a huge land mass controlled by a small bunch of lunatics

Escalation of full mobilisation by Ruzzia will possibly have a greater impact internally on Ruzzia itself with unrest and whatnot and if they do fully mobilise the west will up it’s continuing support to Ukraine and Ruzzia will continue to have already lost, but will lose more badly.
 
Saw the vid of him driving round Mariupol. Heff off, normal roads and traffic, no motorcade, no blocked roads, street lights. Do me a favour.

Yeah, update. It wasn't him. So, in Crimea there was limping spine issue Putin and energetic younger Putin. I Mariupol another, different double. Maybe they should send all of them to meet Xi. That would knock him off balance a bit.
 
Yeah, update. It wasn't him. So, in Crimea there was limping spine issue Putin and energetic younger Putin. I Mariupol another, different double. Maybe they should send all of them to meet Xi. That would knock him off balance a bit.
it's crazy. Did they broadcast all of these in short order? He can't be everywhere.
 
Yeah, update. It wasn't him. So, in Crimea there was limping spine issue Putin and energetic younger Putin. I Mariupol another, different double. Maybe they should send all of them to meet Xi. That would knock him off balance a bit.
I do not believe they will will send a double out to meet Xi.
 
It’s the problem of trying to apply rational actor thinking on Ruzzia. They have lost.

Emptying prisons is probably on no one’s list of adaptations so on Ukraine has to go.

Yes, a rational Russia would have given up by now. It’s not rational it’s a huge land mass controlled by a small bunch of lunatics

Escalation of full mobilisation by Ruzzia will possibly have a greater impact internally on Ruzzia itselfl with unrest and whatnot and if they do fully mobilise the west will up it’s continuing support to Ukraine and Ruzzia will continue to have already lost, but will lose more badly.
I’m not suggesting that Russia will ultimately win.

I’m suggesting that Putin’s regime will do all they can to hang on for as long as they can, that can can surely not be a surprise to any sensible person…..
 
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No, there wasn't. There was only that he hasn't actually been seen for months and was very sick then. But the weird thing is that of the three Putins out and about yesterday, the one that tripped all the facial recognition alarms was the one driving around Mariupol. Not confirmed as him, but apparently (I'm told) a high probability according to the AI. Maybe he suddenly doesn't give a hoot about personal security. Anyway, nothing would surprise me.
From the video I seen of him, his face look bloated and some patches of hair missing?
 
Wait. Putin has body doubles? Skimming through the last few pages it seems to be consensus.


There’s a lot of debate about how many he has and how/when/where they’re utilised - for example myself and Mwelolo are skeptical about a double being used in high level international talks, such as with Xi - but it seems to be common knowledge that doubles are being used in certain situations, especially like the recent Mariupol visit.
 
There’s a lot of debate about how many he has and how/when/where they’re utilised - for example myself and Mwelolo are skeptical about a double being used in high level international talks, such as with Xi - but it seems to be common knowledge that doubles are being used in certain situations, especially like the recent Mariupol visit.
Would that apply for every world leader of prominence then? Potentially? Including Zelinsky too?
 
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