>This makes absolutely no sense from a Russian perspective.
But could make sense from Putin perspective, that bastard interests are not the same as the Russian people interests and I think it was proven without any doubt that Putin will do stupid shit so why would you give it a 0% chance that Putin did it? It will not affect his personal wealth, he can blame it on the evil Europe or US and he can reign his final days personally leading the war like a true mad dictator.
But could make sense from Putin perspective, that bastard interests are not the same as the Russian people interests and I think it was proven without any doubt that Putin will do stupid shit so why would you give it a 0% chance that Putin did it? It will not affect his personal wealth, he can blame it on the evil Europe or US and he can reign his final days personally leading the war like a true mad dictator.