Russian invasion of Ukraine

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Jameo
The more I think about it, the more I believe that the Kremlin drone 'attack' was a Russian false flag operation.
1. It was a really weak attempt, it didn't do any damage.
2. It reinforces the Putin narrative about Russia being under attack at home, being the victim, so justifying and preparing the population for further mobilisation.
3. Considering the timing, it prepared the PR ground for what they knew was going to be a small Victory Day parade today, so they could say 'security concerns' as the reason for it being smaller and not impressive.

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starfish&coffee in reply to @Jameo

the Putin narrative about Russia being under attack at home, being the victim

People who aren't normally into conspiracies have pretty much staked their careers on the theory that Putin and the FSB were behind the Moscow bombings in the 1990s. Peter Pomerantsev is the only name that comes to mind right now, but I am sure I have heard plenty of others going quite far in suggesting this.

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dau in reply to @starfish&coffee

All these "terror acts" correlate with Putin's ratings rise.

Quick google sends me to some scientific paper which i'm too lazy to read but basically:
Terrorist attacks and public approval and confidence in the Russian president: Evidence from time series analysis

p.s. Ok, i've read some of it and it's interesting

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