Sure it makes sense. Ukraine is a sovereign nation. Putin still needs some shred of legitimacy for ordering the invasion of a peaceful neighbor. He can't just come out and say that he's 70 years old, and his dream of a greater Russia is crumbling, oh, and his days are numbered if the oligarchs start to lose too much money.
Ukraine is not sovereign. They are owned by their puppet master who overthrew the democratically elected government in '14. Ukraine is a money laundering operation for Lockheed-Martin, Raytheon et al.
70 years old? What? How old is Biden? Slow Joe was asked what day it is and he responded, "I got this one. I know it ends in "y".
Why would a dictator need to stage a false flag? Can't he just commence firing. He is already on record in delivering his ultimatums to Washington/NATO that Ukraine will NEVER join NATO.
Didn't NATO drown Serbia in depleted uranium?
Didn't we drop 2 bombs on Japan?
Didn't we use the fake WMD's in Iraq?
Gulf of Tonkin?
The Maine?
But, nooooooo. This time it's different. Sucka.