After Yesterday's Drone Attack On The Kremlin Will This Mark The End Of The Zelensky Government?

 

Moon of Alabama: Zelenski's Regime Is Finished 

Yesterday's drone attack on the Kremlin (and other installations) mark the end of the Zelenski regime. While Russia had so far refrained from regime change in Kiev it will now have to pursue it. 

The former prime minister of Israel Naftali Bennet had reported that president Putin had promised him not to hit Zelenski: 

“I knew Zelensky was under threat, in a bunker… I said to [Putin], ‘Do you intend to kill Zelensky?’ He said, ‘I won’t kill Zelensky,’” Bennett recalled in the interview, which was published on his own YouTube channel. ... 

Bennett said he called the Ukrainian president immediately after the three-hour encounter with Putin, and told him, “I’ve just come out of a meeting — [Putin] is not going to kill you. 

"[Zelensky] asked me, ‘Are you sure?’ I said 100 percent. [Putin’s] not going to kill you.” 

Bennett recalled: “Two hours later, Zelensky went to his office, and did a selfie in the office, [in which the Ukrainian president said,] ‘I’m not afraid.’” 

Well, now he has very good reason to again be afraid, very afraid. As former ambassador MK Bhadrakumar writes:  

Make no mistake, this is a tipping point; the clumsy attempt on Putin’s life jolts the kaleidoscope beyond recognition. The only comforting thought is that the Kremlin leadership is not going to be driven by emotion. The considered Kremlin reaction is available from the remarks by the Russian Ambassador to the US, Anatoly Antonov: 

“How would Americans react if a drone hit the White House, the Capitol or the Pentagon? The answer is obvious for any politician as well as for an average citizen: the punishment will be harsh and inevitable.” 

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WNU Editor: First things first. I have no doubt in my mind that Ukraine was behind yesterday's drone strike against the Kremlin. 

There have been a lot of theories floating around since yesterday, but if you look at all attacks of this type on Russian soil since the start of the war (the assassination of Daria Dugina and Vladlen Tatarsky, the Crimea Bridge attack, etc.), without exception, and confirmed by US government sources, the hand of Ukraine's security/intelligence services were involved. 

Was this attack a deliberate attempt to assassinate Putin? Maybe. But there are also other theories floating around that this was an attempt to knock down the Russian flag on top of the Senate building (which I believe was what they were trying to do). 

In the end this clumsy attack failed, with only superficial damage to the Kremlin. 

So who in Ukraine ordered and organized this attack?

Definitely not Russian partisans that Ukraine is saying are probably responsible. 

My money is on Kyrylo Budano, the head of Ukraine military intelligence. He is an ultra-hardliner and very dangerous. He is also the Ukraine government official that many believe is responsible for launching all attacks on Russian soil.

Did Ukraine President Zelensky give the final order for this attack?

I have to say yes. What clinches it for me is that for a President who does not travel much, he was conveniently out of Ukraine when this attack was launched, and he has still not returned. He has the appearance of someone who is hiding, and it looks like he wants to be out of harms way.

Was the U.S. behind this attack?

I like to and want to believe that the U.S. was not involved. And on balance I do believe the US was not involved.

The idea that the U.S. would green-light an attack on the leader of a nuclear country would be a crazy and insane thing for the U.S. to do. I do not think the US I know, and use to know, would contemplate the idea of attacking the Russian Senate building in the Kremlin, a building that I would say is the equivalent of the US Congress or White House.

But there are some things that do concern me. 

I have seen and heard enough in the past year to know that there are some people in the US government who would not balk at giving their approval to such an attack. And if Seymour Hersh's account on the US being the country responsible for the destruction of Nord Stream 2 is true, and that it was ordered by President Biden himself, that tells me there are no boundaries or red lines for this White House  to pursue its goals, including giving its support for this drone strike on Russian President Putin.

I am not saying that the Biden administration was involved in this drone strike. On balance it is unlikely, and I do not want to believe it. Unfortunately. Knowing who some of these people are in this administration, I cannot discount it.

As to claims that this was a false false operation. The idea that a decision was made by Putin to deliberately launch an attack on the Senate building where he works and sometimes sleep is insane. This attack is the last thing he wants, because he is then placed in the impossible position of  tempering the anger that many are feeling right now in Russia. 

Russian President Putin is someone who wants to be in control. He is not in control right now. The hardliners, and I would say most Russians, are putting pressure on him to escalate the war to a place that I am sure he feels it is not in the best interests for Russia to pursue, including launching targets against Zelenski himself. 

One final note. Will this mark the end of the Zelensky government? 

My answer.

Did Al Qaeda's attack on the U.S. on 9/11 mark the end of Osama Bin Laden?