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[Mutzo Nutzo]

Back in the day, the Soviets used to be soooo good at this stuff, however now they're fumbling about like a bunch of clowns

 

[tsubaki]

Something very strange about this assassination story.

Firstly, no way would the US approve any kind of assassination attempt on Putin. It’s also unlikely Ukraine could or would attempt this without their moral and practical support.

Secondly, if it was drones, alarm bells should be ringing in the Kremlin that two drones were able to get so close to the Kremlin - seemingly without detection.

Is it a legitimate Ukrainian attack? Potentially. Could it also be disinformation and/or something Russia can use to condone the assassination of Zelensky? Also possible.

As an assassination, yes - it makes no sense and would require updated and accurate knowledge of his movements that would make much more effective methods much easier to carry out.

I can see the possibility that it was a "demonstration" though; in fact if you wanted to as much as possible guarantee that there would be no casualties and a small bang would look impressive then doing it at night would do that. From at least one of the clips it looks like it was actually going for the flag atop the Senate as well.

A false flag is also possible, though then again it would (and has) obviously made even the pro-war crowd wonder WTF was going on with local air defence, so I do wonder what the purpose would be.

 

[Spadge Vernacular]

Something very strange about this assassination story.

Firstly, no way would the US approve any kind of assassination attempt on Putin. It’s also unlikely Ukraine could or would attempt this without their moral and practical support.

Secondly, if it was drones, alarm bells should be ringing in the Kremlin that two drones were able to get so close to the Kremlin - seemingly without detection.

Is it a legitimate Ukrainian attack? Potentially. Could it also be disinformation and/or something Russia can use to condone the assassination of Zelensky? Also possible.

 

[Mrk]

Half of me doesn't even take that clown seriously, but the US needs to step in here and make it very clear that an attempt on Zelensky's life would result in a strong response.

 

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[Cecil]

Back in the day, the Soviets used to be soooo good at this stuff, however now they're fumbling about like a bunch of clowns

My dad spent the early part of the 80s in West Germany and always portrayed the Russians as boogeymen. They’re using kit that’s the same age as the stuff he used.

 

[Mr. White]

From what I've seen, only a flag-pole was damaged. No damage to the Kremlin building itself...

I've seen plenty of videos of drone use in Ukraine. Basic, simply drones are being accurately flown into moving vehicles, running soldiers, in to tight trenches etc... But, this drone weapon manages to miss a building as large as the Kremlin by a whisker?

And a small drone launched from Ukraine can't reach Moscow. This is a fake attack by Russia to further justify their war.

 

[PhilM]

From what I've seen, only a flag-pole was damaged. No damage to the Kremlin building itself...

I've seen plenty of videos of drone use in Ukraine. Basic, simply drones are being accurately flown into moving vehicles, running soldiers, in to tight trenches etc... But, this drone weapon manages to miss a building as large as the Kremlin by a whisker?

And a small drone launched from Ukraine can't reach Moscow. This is a fake attack by Russian to further justify their war.

This is the one. Unless it's been launched from relatively close to the Kremlin (e.g. within or close to Moscow's defence zone), how has it got so close unnoticed?

It appeared to possess neither pace nor stealth capability, so while it may have flown low (skimming below radar) the likelihood of getting so close is very low.

 

[Spadge Vernacular]

It is just another “fantastical fatal coincidence”!

 

[Cool_Blue]

So it’s deffo not an Amazon delivery drone then?

 

[Noisy noise annoys]

The more I see and read about this the more sceptical I become
Tbe USA even warned a day or two ago that Russia was up to something in order to justify a change of tack

 

[maccavennie]

This is the one. Unless it's been launched from relatively close to the Kremlin (e.g. within or close to Moscow's defence zone), how has it got so close unnoticed?

It appeared to possess neither pace nor stealth capability, so while it may have flown low (skimming below radar) the likelihood of getting so close is very low.

Putin probably got a mini drone for his birthday, was a bit bladdered and went out on the balcony to have a go of it.

 

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