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Are you saying the story the Russian media is telling makes no sense? Because on that I agree, but it's hard to understand if that's what you mean, it's just my best guess.
This kind of narrative, "Our enemies are weak willed patsies falling for phone scams and simultaneously dangerous and capable insurrectionists," is typical of fascist propaganda. It's Umberto Eco's 8th feature of fascism: “By a continuous shifting of rhetorical focus, the enemies are at the same time too strong and too weak.”
If you're wondering why people are really doing it:
It sends a very clear message: stop forcing children to die for your invasion.
Also, the offices exist to facilitate the process of enlistment, so it stands to reason that if they're destroyed then that process will be slowed, even if just for a while.
People putting their lives on the line to resist imperialism aren't going to hear much criticism from me.
No, the story the "arsonists" are telling makes no sense. And there's too little information out there to determine whether this is just a fabrication by the Russian state or actually what happened.
Both are stupid, but in slightly different ways.
Of course the Russian state is lying. You can tell because what they're saying makes no sense. Also because they're the Russian state. They have an explicit strategy that they call the firehose of disinformation.
As for the other story, I mean it might make sense if it's a false flag, who knows? The Russian state can send people to invade Ukraine, it can send people to burn down a couple of buildings.
Edit: I am making a note of this typo edit just to highlight the fact that "sfate" is a funny word.
I mean tbf the track record is very clear. Russia can't be trusted. But ofc you are right, we also don't know if we can trust the arsonists.
I have a feeling those arsonists are trying to put this on state actors so the Russian government has to distance themselves this making their story even more confusing and less plausible. I think it's just a novel way to attack the Russian narrative.