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Senior Official-Ukraine Had Nothing To Do w/Kremlin Drone Strike

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Wires carrying comments from a senior Ukrainian presidential official stating that 'Ukraine has nothing to do with drone strike on Kremlin'. Official: 'Attacking Kremlin achieves nothing, changes nothing on battlefield....Such actions would provoke Russia to take more radical actions'.

  • Official hints at the incident being a 'false flag' attack: 'Allegations of Kremlin attack suggest Russia could be preparing for large-scale terrorist attack against Ukraine in coming days.'
  • Comments come a short time after the Kremlin stated that a drone attempted to attack the Kremlin last night, labeling the incident a 'terrorist attack' and an 'attempt on Putin's life'. See: https://marketnews.com/russia-claims-kremlin-subje...
  • It remains to be seen what the Russian response to the incident may be. If the Kremlin puts forward the line that the attack was carried out by Ukrainian forces or at the behest of the Ukrainian gov't it could result in a notable escalation in the severity of attacks on Ukraine or more targeted attempts to assassinate senior Ukrainian officials.
  • Samuel Raimani, an associate fellow at the Royal United Services Institute think tank in London: 'Russian MP Alexander Khinstein wants to pass laws regulating the use of UAVs [unmanned aerial vehicles] and means of countering. Right after the Kremlin UAV attack.'

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