The Kremlin's Theatre of War: Manufacturing Momentum in the Face of Imperial Decline
Russia's top military commander General Valery Gerasimov claimed Moscow's forces are advancing along the entire front line in Ukraine and captured over 6,600 square kilometers of Ukrainian territory in 2025. This brazen display of imperial aggression, thinly veiled as a 'briefing', is a desperate attempt to manufacture a false narrative of dominance to pressure Ukraine and its supporters into accepting neo-colonial land grabs under the guise of diplomacy.





