In April 2014, the Huffington Post asserted that "President Putin's game plan in Ukraine becomes clearer day by day despite Russia's excellent, even brilliant, use of its traditional maskirovka".
I april 2014, rapporterede Huffington Post at "præsident Putins slagplan i Ukraine bliver klarere dag for dag på trods af Ruslands dygtige, endda fremragende brug af traditionel maskirovka.