Well, the word from the darling of the Moscow press corps (what’s left of it) — Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov — is that it most certainly is the case.

Unfortunately, he doesn’t offer any facts to back it up.

It was, however, suggested by him on Wednesday that a number of European countries were facing difficulties in regard to the assistance being provided Ukraine by their military-industrial industries. [Dmitry Antonov, Reuters, October 16, 2024.]

In response to a question regarding the French and German arms industries, and without himself naming any specific countries, he had this to say:

“This mobilisation of capabilities for ephemeral goals is contrary to the interests of the economic development of these countries, and clearly the capacities of these countries are not designed for such efforts. In time, we hope, an understanding that such spending is unnecessary will become sharper and will sink in among more and more of the political establishment of these countries.” [Id.]

Conversely, French President Emmanuel Macron had said only last week that France’s work was continuing in regard to supplying arms to Ukraine; and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has announced his country’s provision of a $153 billion military aid package for Kyiv by the end of this year. [Id.]

So where is the Kremlin getting its information? Or is it just being made up to support some “ephemeral goal” — or more long-term purpose — of its own? Are they simply playing mind games with Europe’s leaders? They are very good at that, after all. And the illustrious Kremlin spokesman does not throw words around just for the fun of it.

Perhaps someone should have asked Peskov for clarification. But in all likelihood, there was no one from the remaining independent media in attendance . . . and no one from the state-controlled media with the guts to do it.

Just sayin’ . . .

Brendochka
10/19/24