Kremlin staged drone attack on Putin’s helicopter
Kremlin staged drone attack on Putin’s helicopter
A claim by the Russian Defence Ministry that Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin was “in the epicentre of a drone attack” has turned out to be a staged performance by the Kremlin.
Not great for PR:
Four sources within the government and the Kremlin told The Moscow Times that security officials promoted this shocking and "risky" episode in the media to convince Russians that their leader is not hiding behind others, but is also supposedly taking risks and making sacrifices.
That's hilarious.
This is a guy who has literal body doubles.
He's a fucking coward and doesn't even trust people in the same room as him.
Honestly, I wouldn't be surprised if it was a PR spin.
I imagine the conversation going something like this:
"Holy shit, the Ukrainians almost hit the presidential helicopter. This makes us look real bad.
Okay, here's what we do. We tell everybody that it was us, and it was totally on purpose so they don't realize how close the Ukrainians came to winning the war"
I hope they got steven seagal a role in this.
If they stuffed him full of taco bell and lit his ass on fire, he could be a missile.
Lol, that would awesome except I'm not sure how he could fight from his chair wile Putin is in a helicopter. I guess he could be fighting the air traffic controllers or the ground crew from a chair? This script will probably have to go through a few revisions.
Yeah, he's playing the heli. Spins his ponytail to take off, putin's right there cozy up his ass.
They are probably only admitting this now because it happened to make Ukraine look like badasses rather than villains.
Then I'm calling last year's assassination attempt on Trump staged as well.
That shot was awfully close. They'd have to have a lot of faith in the shooter's marksmanship.
The likelihood that a bullet was anywhere near his ear is remote. The views that show it are from a misleading perspective.
Was it?
Was the ear bandaid even real?
That shot is impossible to do reliably. Even the best marksman would be risking hitting Trump in the head. Literally, if Trump had not turned his head, the back of his skull would have been hit. We are talking a bolt action with match grade ammo, ballistic calculations, Trump turning his head at the perfect moment to just clip his ear, and enough luck to win the lottery with one ticket and consecutive numbers.
If they wanted to fake an assassination attempt, they would shoot him in the belly transverse with a low velocity 5.56.
Yea classic dictator bullshit. Erdoğan did it, Trump did it. You are too late to the party Putin.
Well, Putin still may have been the first. Remember him diving to find some ancient relics?
"Of course they were then left there for him to find or placed there. It is a completely normal thing to do."
Normal day in the life of a dictator
No fucking shit.
It's rare to get any real news out of Russia these days, but news critical of the regime... 😚👌
It's great to support Ukrainian outlets, but I wanted to go the extra mile - here's the source they're citing (their wikipedia page):
As ordinary Russians continue to bear the domestic brunt of Putin’s war, the Kremlin and the security services staged this PR stunt to convince the public that Putin, too, is making sacrifices for the country, four current and former Russian officials told The Moscow Times.
All of these sources spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss sensitive details related to Putin’s security.
With Ukrainian drone strikes, unprecedented flight cancellations at Russian airports and mobile internet outages becoming more frequent since May 9’s Victory Day celebrations, a display of Putin’s readiness to “personally risk his life” while performing his official duties could temper public dissatisfaction.
Ah, it sounds like heavenly bells when it's only Russia's oppression machinery grinding with sand.
lol. lmao even.
meh, who cares. Even if he was killed nothing will change.
I'm pretty sure Champaign sales would briefly trend upwards.
Ugh! You really need to think about the things you say before you say them!!! You totally forgot about cakes!!!
If you didn’t care, you would not have bothered to comment.
I do think it would end any Russian politician's career if they were to tell the nation that the war has been in vain and that the occupied territories of Ukraine are to be returned but I also think you underestimate the power of a dictator. Everything in Russia is built around Putin and his image, so him dying could be a significant disruption leading to another revolution. That said, in Russia, virtually every revolution leads to a brief moment of freedom only for another dictator to come in and say how chaotic it is and that order must be restored, with the people accepting that.
And, just like in a democracy, they can blame all the problems on the previous leader, and will enact new policies. There won't be any former victories to claim as their own in putin's case, though. It's a hollow shell of a country these days, let alone an empire.
What a waste ... think what russia could have been, had it invested in its own potential.
r*ssians are in love with their image of empire, they will live in literal shit as long as someone says they are great, there is no one in there who won't continue the war. Like the most liberal saviour of democracy of the hellhole - navalny supported war and crimean occupation.
Current ru-empire was at war starting from their previous empire collapse, and previous one was the same. Why would new one be any different? As long as they exist as a single entity it won't end. Only after partitioning it there can be peace for neighboring countries while they kill themselves.
Agreed. Actually I'm even slightly more hopeful than you. Other countries have managed to turn around, even large ones.
Everything in Russia is built around Putin
The sourced article goes into more detail here. The whole helicopter journey was impossible.
Why don’t you go outside and play hide and go fuck yourself?
Slava Ukraini
If he has established a clear line of succession, with the second-in-command being given increasing responsibilities to prepare them for taking charge and everybody else knowing their authority, maybe. Though Putin has specifically avoided this as to avoid any rival centres of power from forming and challenging him. His philosophy seems to be “apres moi, le deluge”: when he no longer exists, it doesn’t matter whether Russia does or not. This does not bode well for an orderly transition.
yeah, putin's power comes from being an arbiter between different oligarchs. when he croaks it'll be shitshow the likes you all haven't seen since 90s
Any successor imaginable will continue their current path, it's not ptin it's rssians.
I'm shocked!