Leaked Crisis Manual Reveals Putin's Plan for Russian Defeat.

A leaked manual prepared by Russia's presidential administration and distributed to the Kremlin's propagandists contains instructions to not underestimate Ukraine's impending counter-offensive and not spread the idea that Kyiv is somehow "not ready" for it. The manual also advises propagandists to steer clear of the subject of the colossal amount of funds the government is funneling to the very same Ukrainian territories it decimated before declaring them "part of Russia." The Kremlin is frantically working to lower expectations and rolling out a contingency plan to lessen the impact of a humiliating defeat.