Nicolas Tonev / Photo credits: Pavel BEDNYAKOV / SPUTNIK / AFP 19:41 pm, May 03, 2023

Russia accuses Ukraine of attempting to assassinate President Vladimir Putin with a drone attack on the Kremlin. A version that Kiev denied during the day. In reality, it is unlikely that Ukrainian forces tried to kill the Russian president because multiple elements raise questions.

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Was Vladimir Putin really targeted by a Ukrainian drone attack on Wednesday? This is what the Kremlin says after shooting down two devices over the place of Russian power. In the afternoon, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky denied any attack on his counterpart. Is this therefore a manipulation of Russia? One element first argues doubt: the sudden appearance of images on pro-Russian sites. It is difficult to authenticate what is happening in these images.

Images of the drone attack on the Kremlin. (NEXTA) #Russiepic.twitter.com/xNHpr54SlO

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Vladimir Putin had no reason to be in this building

Secondly, the argument for an assassination attempt on the master of the Kremlin does not really hold, given the weak explosion that can be seen in these images. Moreover, Vladimir Putin has no reason to be in that building. Another curious element is the arrival of a drone from Ukraine at the end of a flight of more than 500 kilometers over Russia. Indeed, Moscow is one of the cities in the world to benefit around its periphery from one of the most efficient air defense systems. If a drone arrives over the Kremlin, it is a total failure for the Russian military.

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It is also necessary to take into account the past of the FSB, the country's intelligence service, culturally in the manipulation. The biggest of these to justify an all-out war of elimination dates back to 1999, with attacks attributed to the Chechens that killed more than 300 people in Moscow. This triggered the second Chechen war that killed more than 120,000 people, and established Vladimir Putin's power. In reality, the FSB was behind these attacks and all those who investigated this trail were murdered.