Vladimir Putin blames Ukraine for the largest drone attack on Russia, but a warfare expert casts doubt on the claim and raises questions of a false flag strategy being deployed by the Kremlin.
abc.net.au/news/russia-moscow-drone-strikes-false-flags-putin-kremlin-kyiv/102414184As Russian President Vladimir Putin rages about what he calls the largest drone attack on his nation, a military expert says it is unlikely Ukraine was behind the attack.
Russia said eight drones targeted Moscow, Russia's largest city with a population of more than 21 million, in the early hours of Tuesday .Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said two people were injured in the attacks — one was hospitalised.A Ukrainian presidential aide denied Kyiv was directly involved in the Moscow attack, but said Ukraine was enjoying watching events and forecast more to come.
Mr Spencer said the particular drones used in this attack could not have been launched all the way from Ukraine."Even the long-range drones Ukraine has most likely sent were different," he said. "There's enough vagueness or what we call a grey zone in this that Kyiv can fully say, 'I don't know who did that'."but there was also a possibility Ukraine got the drones into Moscow.
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