Putin Weaponizes Balkan Ghosts Against Ukraine

Kremlin claims of “genocide” perpetrated by Ukraine against ethnic Russians sound absurd, but the West partly has itself to blame here

Moscow’s Chekist-in-Chief did it again, playing the West, especially the Americans, for fools. In their effort to deter Russian aggression against Ukraine, President Joe Biden and his National Security Council told everybody who would listen that it had high-quality intelligence indicating that Kremlin attacks would likely kick off on February 16. The B…