Continuing with Vladimir Putin on the Black Sea incident:- Article and video – a short video clip with Putin speaking – link below from The Sun. The message and virtual signalling of a man who clearly thinks bully-boy tactics can be applied to all who disagrees with him.
From The Sun newspaper - (Quote) Putin boasts even if Russia had sunk HMS Defender it would not have caused WW3 because West 'can't win that war' (Unquote)(thesun.co.uk)
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/15441966/Well, Putin and Co have clearly miscalculated on British resolve and the Royal Navy being unintimidated by schoolyard bully-boy tactics.
The mere fact that he even speaks of war, says much about his state of mind. In the video clip, take note of his facial expressions, this is a bitter man feeling humiliated having been put in his place, because he miscalculated. He thought the Royal Navy would change course because he and the Russian Coast Guard tells them to – now the whole world knows the outcome of that miscalculation.
I made mention earlier in a post about ‘Narrative Warfare’, the pursuance of a story overdosed on propaganda and at times plain old bulls… whereby you frighten or force people into believing your narrative. Putin may have success with a home audience, but clearly this is not working outside his playground - check that face in the video clip.