Posted on 05/04/2023 10:03:30 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
On Wednesday, the Russian government said that two drones from Ukraine had attacked the holy of holies in Russia — the ancient Kremlin — and that the U.S. assisted Ukraine in the operation.
Here’s a video released by the Russian government appearing to show something exploding above the Kremlin.
Astonishing footage of last night's drone attack on the Kremlin pic.twitter.com/3rghCHdIed
— Francis Scarr (@francis_scarr) May 3, 2023
Video analysis is not my forte, so I will not comment on the authenticity of what was recorded. But a drone being able to work its way through two or three layers of air defenses? Not very likely.
Indeed, Western intelligence was skeptical of the drone strike coming from Ukraine from the beginning.
Questions have also been asked as to why the Kremlin waited so long, hours after the incident purportedly took place, to announce it and just why Russian social media channels, usually a-flutter with talk about the war with Ukraine, Russian military strategy and leadership, had been silent about an incident that allegedly took place in full sight (albeit at night) in central Moscow.
Why, too, did videos of the “attack” only appear after the incident and, indeed, who captured the footage — and what prompted them to start filming it just moments before the drones were shown above the Kremlin?
Western officials were also quick to cast doubt over Russia’s claim that Ukraine had made an attempt on the Russian president’s life. For one, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said the U.S. could not validate Russia’s accusation and that the claim should be taken with a “very large shaker of salt.”
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“why [has] Russian social media channels, usually a-flutter with talk about the war with Ukraine, Russian military strategy and leadership, had been silent about an incident that allegedly took place in full sight (albeit at night) in central Moscow.”
Because, according to information I saw from a fairly reliable Ukraine/Russia reporter, Denys Davydov, this may have concerned a Russian affair regarding an argument over which flag should fly over the Kremlin during the May 9 celebration below. [Could be old USSR flag, or new Russian flag.] The two men on the catwalks were probably trying to remove the flag and put up the right one??? It did little damage to the dome, or injury to the men on the catwalk, so unlikely a “killer” drone from Ukraine.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eies-0t8wGk
This almost 20 minute video also discusses and shows known Ukraine attacks on major oil storage sites, and discusses other implications for Ukraine’s activities and effects on Russia as the expected intensification of Ukraine attacks may now be operational.
It was also a small drone, which means it was short ranged. The drone was launched within metropolitan Russia. It’s an FSB operation
Some may have noticed that the lone vintage tank in Putin’s May 9th event carried the red hammer and sickle flag of the Stalin days.
“Veterans”flanking Putin at Moscow May 9 Parade identified as former NKVD-KGB officers with no WWII frontline experience, Agentstvo reports
Men sitting by Putin in Victory Day parade were reportedly former NKVD and KGB officers, not WWII veterans
https://t.me/agentstvonews/3138 (Rus)
I am 84 and born in 1938. Since Hitler betrayed his agreement with Russia in 1941, any WW2 Russian veterans will be in their 90’s and older. Given the typical life span of Russian men, there probably are not many still alive and mobile.
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