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The drone heads towards the Kremlin. Immediately before impact, it ignites. Smoke rises over the Russian center of power. Moscow sees this as an assassination attempt on President Vladimir Putin (70), allegedly carried out by the Ukrainian army.
Kiev denies this claim. Ukraine has nothing to do with it. Experts believe that Putin staged the attack.
Russians should feel threatened
Experts at the American think tank Institute for the Study of War (ISW) believe Putin could use the attack to launch a new wave of mobilization. He wanted to use the attack to make people believe that Ukraine wants to bring the war to Russia’s doorstep. The Russian population would feel threatened. It is extremely unlikely that two Ukrainian drones could easily penetrate Moscow’s air defenses and explode directly over the Kremlin, the ISW writes. Especially since domestic air defense systems, including those around Moscow, had only recently been strengthened.
Also suspicious: “The Kremlin’s immediate, coherent and coordinated response to the incident suggests that the attack was prepared internally to achieve its intended political impact.” The Kremlin immediately blamed Ukraine after the attack.
If the attack had not been staged, the Kremlin would have been surprised and the official Russian response would have been much less organized. In the past, the Kremlin has always failed to respond coherently to surprise attacks. The military experts believe the Kremlin may be planning further deceptions to increase domestic support for the war.
The bombings increased
It is also questionable whether Russia will use the incident to justify further and deadlier attacks on Ukraine. Russia has stepped up its bombing of Ukraine’s infrastructure in the wake of the Crimean bridge blast, and pro-Russian voices on social media were quick to call for new retaliatory measures on Wednesday. “We will demand the use of weapons that can stop and destroy the terror regime in Kiev,” said Vyacheslav Volodin, 59, the head of Russia’s lower house.
Source: Blick
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