Although Russian forces can be blamed for a lack of coordination at this point, I think it's more the doing of unorthodox, highly-volatile terrorists trying to raise the stakes by simply massacring their hostages. This doesn't sound like a normal terrorist situation because the violence didn't appear to erupt as a result of Russian efforts. The terrorists appear to have started the violence themselves.
I think this might be the turing point in Putin's mass popularity. We'll see how this all unravels politically.
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