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  • Russia Staged Putin 'Assassination' to Justify Mass Mobilization: ISW

    05/03/2023 9:02:36 PM PDT · by familyop · 54 replies
    Newsweek, Institute for the Study of War ^ | May 3, 2023 | AILA SLISCO
    The ISW report asserts that "several indicators" suggest the attack was staged, noting that Russia recently enhanced "domestic air defense capabilities" while arguing it was "extremely unlikely" that Ukrainian drones could have thwarted "multiple layers of air defense" and be destroyed "in a way that provided spectacular imagery caught nicely on camera."..."The rapid and coherent presentation of an official Russian narrative around the strike suggests that Russia staged this incident in close proximity to the May 9th Victory Day holiday in order to frame the war as existential to its domestic audience," the ISW report states.