{"id":1924597,"date":"2023-05-04T21:28:22","date_gmt":"2023-05-05T01:28:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/russia-now-blaming-u-s-for-drone-strike-on-kremlin-white-house-refutes-accusations\/"},"modified":"2023-05-04T21:28:22","modified_gmt":"2023-05-05T01:28:22","slug":"russia-now-blaming-u-s-for-drone-strike-on-kremlin-white-house-refutes-accusations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/russia-now-blaming-u-s-for-drone-strike-on-kremlin-white-house-refutes-accusations\/","title":{"rendered":"Russia Now Blaming U.S. for Drone Strike on Kremlin \u2013 White House Refutes Accusations"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Frussia-now-blaming-u-s-for-drone-strike-on-kremlin-white-house-refutes-accusations%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1924597&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p> The Kremlin was rocked by an attempted drone strike on Wednesday, a clear sign that Russia\u2019s war with Ukraine is no longer limited to just Ukrainian battlegrounds. The Kremlin spent most of the day blaming Ukraine for the drone strike, though there had been questions raised about Ukraine\u2019s ability to utilize drones at that range.<\/p>\n<p>       But the Kremlin has begun blaming the United States for the drone strike as of Thursday morning.<\/p>\n<p>  \u201cAttempts to disown this, both in Kyiv and in Washington, are, of course, absolutely ridiculous. We know very well that decisions about such actions, about such terrorist attacks, are made not in Kyiv but in Washington,\u201d said Putin\u2019s spokesman Dmitry Peskov.<\/p>\n<p> He said the United States was \u201cundoubtedly\u201d behind the incident and added \u2013 again without stating evidence \u2013 that Washington often selected both the targets for Ukraine to attack, and the means to attack them.<\/p>\n<p> \u201cThis is also often dictated from across the ocean \u2026 In Washington they must clearly understand that we know this,\u201d Peskov said.<\/p>\n<p>  But the accusations were quickly refuted by the White House.<\/p>\n<p> \u201cI can assure you that there was no involvement by the United States. Whatever it was, it didn\u2019t involve us,\u201d National Security Council spokesperson John Kirby said. \u201c<\/p>\n<p> As my RedState colleague Streiff laid out yesterday, there are plenty of theories about what happened\/why it happened that are far more plausible than \u201cUkraine did it\u201d or \u201cWashington D.C. did it.\u201d The theory that Russia itself committed the act in order to justify more attacks in Ukraine is far more plausible, even if there are holes in that theory, too. But the fact of the matter is that Russia has absolutely proven itself to be far weaker than everyone in the foreign policy sphere assumed, and the Kremlin knows it.<\/p>\n<p> But that has made the hardliners in Russia even more hardline, calling for even such extremes as assassinating Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky. Former Russian president Dmitry Medvedev publicly stated that Russia should \u201cphysically eliminate\u201d Zelensky.<\/p>\n<p> Reuters did note that the drone strike happened less than a week before an important Russian holiday.<\/p>\n<p>  The incident took place less than a week before Russia\u2019s May 9 Victory Day celebrations marking the defeat of Nazi Germany in World War Two \u2013 an important public holiday and an opportunity for Putin to rally Russians behind what he calls Russia\u2019s \u201cspecial military operation\u201d in Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p> Peskov said air defences would be tightened, and this was happening anyway for the military parade on Red Square, the centrepiece of the holiday, just over the Kremlin wall from the site of the alleged attack.<\/p>\n<p> He said the parade would go ahead as normal, and include a speech from Putin.<\/p>\n<p>       Is it just me, or is Russia\u2019s choreography a bit off?<\/p>\n<p>   The Kremlin was rocked by an attempted drone strike on Wednesday, a clear sign that Russia\u2019s war with Ukraine is no longer limited to just Ukrainian battlegrounds. The Kremlin spent most of the day blaming Ukraine for the drone strike, though there had been questions raised about Ukraine\u2019s ability to utilize drones at that range.<\/p>\n<p>       But the Kremlin has begun blaming the United States for the drone strike as of Thursday morning.<\/p>\n<p>  \u201cAttempts to disown this, both in Kyiv and in Washington, are, of course, absolutely ridiculous. We know very well that decisions about such actions, about such terrorist attacks, are made not in Kyiv but in Washington,\u201d said Putin\u2019s spokesman Dmitry Peskov.<\/p>\n<p> He said the United States was \u201cundoubtedly\u201d behind the incident and added \u2013 again without stating evidence \u2013 that Washington often selected both the targets for Ukraine to attack, and the means to attack them.<\/p>\n<p> \u201cThis is also often dictated from across the ocean \u2026 In Washington they must clearly understand that we know this,\u201d Peskov said.<\/p>\n<p>  But the accusations were quickly refuted by the White House.<\/p>\n<p> \u201cI can assure you that there was no involvement by the United States. Whatever it was, it didn\u2019t involve us,\u201d National Security Council spokesperson John Kirby said. \u201c<\/p>\n<p> As my RedState colleague Streiff laid out yesterday, there are plenty of theories about what happened\/why it happened that are far more plausible than \u201cUkraine did it\u201d or \u201cWashington D.C. did it.\u201d The theory that Russia itself committed the act in order to justify more attacks in Ukraine is far more plausible, even if there are holes in that theory, too. But the fact of the matter is that Russia has absolutely proven itself to be far weaker than everyone in the foreign policy sphere assumed, and the Kremlin knows it.<\/p>\n<p> But that has made the hardliners in Russia even more hardline, calling for even such extremes as assassinating Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky. Former Russian president Dmitry Medvedev publicly stated that Russia should \u201cphysically eliminate\u201d Zelensky.<\/p>\n<p> Reuters did note that the drone strike happened less than a week before an important Russian holiday.<\/p>\n<p>  The incident took place less than a week before Russia\u2019s May 9 Victory Day celebrations marking the defeat of Nazi Germany in World War Two \u2013 an important public holiday and an opportunity for Putin to rally Russians behind what he calls Russia\u2019s \u201cspecial military operation\u201d in Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p> Peskov said air defences would be tightened, and this was happening anyway for the military parade on Red Square, the centrepiece of the holiday, just over the Kremlin wall from the site of the alleged attack.<\/p>\n<p> He said the parade would go ahead as normal, and include a speech from Putin.<\/p>\n<p>       Is it just me, or is Russia\u2019s choreography a bit off?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Kremlin was rocked by an attempted drone strike on Wednesday, a clear sign that Russia\u2019s war with Ukraine is no longer limited to just Ukrainian battlegrounds. 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