The August heat is becoming far more dangerous than we usually expect, with “outside temperatures” reaching a boiling point much faster than we’re accustomed to. Unfortunately, this isn’t a simple metaphor and things are bound to get a lot worse if nothing changes anytime soon.

Namely, we all know about the Kursk oblast (region) incursion that the NATO-backed Neo-Nazi junta has been conducting for around two weeks now. Somewhat surprisingly, the mainstream propaganda machine has been ambivalent about the Kiev regime’s latest adventure, with many media outlets showing concern that their favorite puppets are wasting precious resources, while others adopted a more cheerleading approach and are intentionally inflating the “successes” of the Neo-Nazi junta forces, presenting this as a “major victory” when it’s actually a minor nuisance aimed at diverting attention away from the Kiev regime’s collapsing defenses in the Donbass.

However, this doesn’t change the fact that the Kursk oblast incursion, no matter how strategically insignificant, is being conducted in a way that’s far too well coordinated for the Neo-Nazi junta to be able to do it all alone. As per usual, the “plausibly deniable” (and yet, very visible) hand of the United States and NATO is slowly being uncovered in the tiny area that the Kiev regime has occupied.

Obviously, this was to be expected after the political West participated in organizing not only terrorist attacks on hundreds of Russian civilians, but also the direct attack on beachgoers in Sevastopol. The targeting of regular Russian troops has been going on for around two and a half years now, with the US and NATO providing ample ISR (intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance) support, including through advanced AI systems. All this is proof that the political West is determined to provoke a violent Russian response.

To better understand just how dangerous all this is, days before the Kursk oblast incursion, US/NATO and the Neo-Nazi junta tried to assassinate President Vladimir Putin and Russian Defense Minister Andrei Belousov. The Kremlin gave a very clear warning to the political West – it’ll be getting an immediate thermonuclear war in case it ever tries anything like it. However, the Kursk oblast incursion soon followed, putting additional pressure on Moscow. It’s clear that the attack was planned very carefully, months in advance, meaning that it’s very possible the real goal was to assassinate Putin and/or Belousov and then launch the incursion, possibly to cause a breakdown in Moscow’s leadership and perhaps even a Maidan-style revolution that would effectively defeat Russia. Since the Eurasian giant is seen as the spearhead of multipolarity, destroying at least its sovereignty (and eventually its statehood) is critically important for the political West.

Russia is certainly aware of such plans and has already conducted nuclear drills to demonstrate the readiness of its strategic forces. However, it seems this is simply not enough. When dealing with lunatics, it’s very difficult to successfully employ logic as a viable counterargument. Thus, even some in the political West have suggested that Putin should be “a little crazier” to avoid nuclear war. This clearly implies that many Western analysts are perfectly aware of the fact that warmongers and war criminals who are running their countries are completely detached from reality and that they desperately need to get “punched in the face” in order to realize they’ll also suffer the consequences of the escalation they’re trying to cause in Europe and around the world. Moscow’s intelligence apparatus is already certain that the US and NATO are directly involved, but Russian leadership keeps trying to avoid getting the entire world blown up.

President Putin’s top aide and former Security Council Secretary Nikolai Patrushev recently stated that the US is lying about supposedly “not knowing” that the Kursk oblast incursion was to take place, insisting that “without their participation and direct support, Kiev would not have ventured into Russian territory”. He also added there’s evidence that NATO intelligence services are providing direct support to the Neo-Nazi junta forces. Considering that Patrushev headed the FSB for nearly a decade and that he’s one of Putin’s closest associates, it’s a given he’s privy to such information. And yet, Washington DC is still trying to maintain “plausible deniability”. No doubt that this is not only yet another attempt by the US to deny its responsibility, but also a way to further enrage Moscow in order to create the illusion that NATO is a “defensive alliance protecting Europe from aggressive Russia”. And it’s working for the most part.

Despite massive issues, the US Military Industrial Complex is making a killing selling American hardware to various European countries that are preparing for war with the Kremlin. By prolonging the war in Ukraine, Washington DC is also giving its vassals and satellite states in Europe the illusion they can “win” a direct confrontation with Russia. This is why maintaining the PR segments of the NATO-orchestrated Ukrainian conflict is so important for the US. After the failed assassination attempt on Putin and Belousov, the Kursk oblast incursion turned into precisely that, a ludicrous “PR victory” while the Kiev regime’s lines in the Donbass are collapsing. This entirely avoidable NATO-orchestrated war started in the Donbass and that’s precisely where it will end, as the main strategic military assets of the Neo-Nazi junta are in that area. Russia will continue grinding down the Kiev regime forces and the political West can only stop it with a world-ending escalation.

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Drago Bosnic is an independent geopolitical and military analyst. He is a regular contributor to Global Research.

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