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This is a normal post Great "defences", you let the object get to about six inches away before blowing it up.
Make sure it's properly in camera frame first, which just happens to be filming that random piece of roof. False flag, anyone?
 (I helped save b3ta! Turtle Power & Knuckles, Wed 3 May 2023, 13:46, Reply)
This is a normal post Russian intelligence, disinfo and propaganda is pretty good, it's just everything else they suck at.
I'm not convinced this was a false flag or a genuine assassination attempt, as either way it's just shambolically incompetent.
 (I helped save b3ta! brb Monkhouse Stampede, Wed 3 May 2023, 14:01, Reply)
This is a normal post Yeah, if Ukraine were actually intending to bump off Putin I'm sure they wouldn't make such a shit job of it. Probably a third party.

(I helped save b3ta! Turtle Power & Knuckles, Wed 3 May 2023, 14:34, Reply)
This is a normal post A small quadcopter with a limited range? Western sympathisers in our midst! Time for a purge!

(I helped save b3ta! Turtle Power & Knuckles, Wed 3 May 2023, 14:40, Reply)
This is a normal post
Putin sleeps in the Kremlin now?
 (I helped save b3ta! evil_andy Stick stick stick stick sticky sticky stick stick, Wed 3 May 2023, 15:42, Reply)
This is a normal post worst attempt at a GY!BE cover I've ever heard

(Smegg Wallace The O.G. Q.R., Wed 3 May 2023, 15:47, Reply)
This is a normal post Tight Fit, you mean

(I helped save b3ta! Turtle Power & Knuckles, Wed 3 May 2023, 16:23, Reply)
This is a normal post It's clearly for show
You don't air-burst your bomb above a building you want to damage unless it's a fucking big bomb. This gives maximum exposure with minimum risk of damage.

Still, there's three possibilities here:

1. Ukraine sticking two fingers up in a deniable way.
2. Dissident Russians.
3. False flag.

If I were a betting person I'd go with 1.
 (I helped save b3ta! wheresthefish Partly filled with wrong, Wed 3 May 2023, 15:53, Reply)
This is a normal post Reaching the Kremlin would involve covering a fuckton of Russian airspace undetected
I'm going with 2. Highly unlikely to be a false flag considering how shit it was, but I'm sure that won't deter Putin and Co from seizing the opportunity for a little extra propaganda.
 (Huw Edwards #yungbludisanonce, Wed 3 May 2023, 16:15, Reply)
This is a normal post Small drones can fit in cars.

(I helped save b3ta! wheresthefish Partly filled with wrong, Wed 3 May 2023, 16:28, Reply)
This is a normal post They can, but I'd still put that on dissident Russians rather than Ukrainian agents. Especially as it looked so amateurish.
probably just an anti-government type up to some wacky hi-jinx ahead of Victory Day.
 (Huw Edwards #yungbludisanonce, Wed 3 May 2023, 16:37, Reply)
This is a normal post Hasn't everyone remotely critical been murdered or locked up?

(I helped save b3ta! Turtle Power & Knuckles, Wed 3 May 2023, 17:59, Reply)
This is a normal post Depends how much of the anti-Russian propaganda you buy into, I suppose.
Not that I'm in any way suggesting that the current Russian Government isn't actively and enthusiastically repressive when it comes to outspoken members of the population exercising anti-war/anti-Putin rhetoric - but the suggestion that anyone remotely critical of the current regime is whisked away in the night and tossed into a Gulag for the rest of their natural lives sounds a little too much like bad '80s movie to me.

The Navalny documentary paints a pretty accurate picture of Putin's Russia in my opinion. Certainly not the kind of place where protest and dissent is encouraged by any means, and about as far-detached from the bastion of liberalist societal and political freedoms that is Ukraine - but hardly North Korea, either.
 (Huw Edwards #yungbludisanonce, Thu 4 May 2023, 6:48, Reply)
This is a normal post "Russia - We're not as bad as North Korea!"™

(I helped save b3ta! cumquat may will not be commenting further on the allegations, Thu 4 May 2023, 12:38, Reply)
This is a normal post Only just, mind.
Totally reliable figures from both sides, I'm sure.
 (Huw Edwards #yungbludisanonce, Thu 4 May 2023, 13:22, Reply)
This is a normal post If you listen to the sounds as the video starts
I reckon you can hear the thing being launched near the camera. On reflection, I'm also going with 2.
 (I helped save b3ta! My Name was saying these words inside your head on, Wed 3 May 2023, 22:03, Reply)
This is a normal post I think you could combine those possibilities for a few bonus permutations.
Dissident Russians could be working for/with/on behalf of Ukraine, or they could be duped by the FSB, or they could be duped by the FSB to work on behalf of Ukraine. Or Ukraine could be duped into action by the FSB in order to expose dissident Russians.
 (I helped save b3ta! brb Monkhouse Stampede, Wed 3 May 2023, 16:39, Reply)
This is a normal post Does that change the basic possibilities, or the actors & motivations behind them?

(I helped save b3ta! wheresthefish Partly filled with wrong, Wed 3 May 2023, 17:06, Reply)
This is a normal post Depends how basic you want to get.
These situations are often convoluted and complicated. The whole thing could just be a random blunder.

It could have been one Russian teenager with a toy drone and a bag of petrol. It could have been a proof of concept/demonstration flight for the benefit of the Russians, Ukranians, or any number of other interested parties (arms companies, nation states, Russian states, elements within the Russian government/organised crime networks). It could even have been a harmless drone flight (perhaps connected to the people seen climbing up the side of the dome) shot down by a deeply flawed Molotov-based anti-drone system.
 (I helped save b3ta! brb Monkhouse Stampede, Wed 3 May 2023, 17:55, Reply)
This is a normal post You're all massively over-thinking this, there is only one plausible explanation.

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This is a normal post I miss Babylon 5...

(I helped save b3ta! brb Monkhouse Stampede, Thu 4 May 2023, 20:10, Reply)
This is a normal post Just so long as they don't know that we know that they know that we know.
You know?
 (I helped save b3ta! jonbob loves you, Wed 3 May 2023, 22:47, Reply)
This is a normal post It was me, Keith R Swank.

(Smegg Wallace The O.G. Q.R., Wed 3 May 2023, 16:52, Reply)
This is a normal post Can you smell novichok?

(I helped save b3ta! wheresthefish Partly filled with wrong, Wed 3 May 2023, 21:50, Reply)
This is a normal post I can’t smell novichok, actually.
Because of an incident during the Falklands War, I am no longer able to smell it.
 (Pie of Meat ___°¬¯O¯____\o/_____/\_,____Y¯¯Y, Thu 4 May 2023, 8:48, Reply)