'The nature of the attack, the implausible implied systemic failure of Russian air defense networks, and the enduring Russian penchant for so-called 'false flag' attacks all indicate that Russia itself may have been responsible.' -TomRtweets
Speaking on Thursday, Vladimir Putin's chief spokesman Dmitry Peskov declared that the U.S."absolutely" had ordered the attack."We know very well that decisions on such actions," he said,"on such terrorist attacks, are not made in Kyiv. [They are made in] Washington. And Kyiv is doing what it is told to do.
We can be confident in this U.S. denial. First, a Ukrainian attack on the Kremlin serves no U.S. interest. If Ukraine were responsible for this incident, it would have only increased the risk of direct confrontation between the West and Russia. That is exactly what the Biden administration has taken great pains to avoid so far.
For argument's sake, however, let's say the U.S. did order this attack. In that entirely hypothetical scenario, wouldn't we expect the U.S. to know that Putin wouldn't be running around the Kremlin's halls in the middle of the night? It is not even a secret, after all, that Putin resides at a mansion in Moscow's western suburbs.
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