The speech in which Vladimir Putin announced the war against Ukraine was recorded on Monday (21), the day he said he would recognize the self-proclaimed rebel Russian republics in the east of the neighboring country.
This is what data and evidence indicate. According to metadata analysis of Putin’s video archive, downloaded by the independent newspaper Novaia Gazeta from the Kremlin’s website, the 28:03 recording was made at 7 pm on Monday. That is, before he publicized his previous decision on the republics on national television.
It doesn’t even need so much sophistication. Putin wears the same suit, tie and shirt, and is sitting at the same table in his office. This suggests that the plan of attack was already in place, even though the Russian said he was open to diplomatic solutions — even if his demands were “non-negotiable”.
Even the meeting of the Security Council of the Russian Federation, the advisory body headed by the president, that took place that afternoon was televised on the country’s state networks as if it were a live event. But it wasn’t, it had been recorded.
Of course, one could argue that this was all contingency for the need for something to be done. But as military actions of the scale now under way in Ukraine are anything but unplanned, the videos recorded beforehand show that the media side of the action was ready at this early point.
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