Why wouldn't he have mentioned it until now, lol

okay buddy putin

"Putin announces"

Lends as much credibility as "anonymous sources"... Actually even less.

This is the kind of political misinformation and conspiracy groupthink I was hoping to escape by leaving Reddit, but this is yet another sympathetic article towards Putin among a number I’ve run into - some of these hardcore tankies even post links to CCP or Russia state sources. I consider myself an extremely liberal American, but I like my democracy, thank you.