When two drones exploded over the Kremlin on May 3, some called it a "false flag operation." In reality, insiders have been observing the deep incursions of Ukrainians into Russia for months. Here is a partial list of operations. Are they "false flag operations"? Answer is no /1
Also, "false flag operations" serve as a pretext to do something. Russia needs no pretexts, it has already been waging a brutal campaign of bombing and occupation of Ukraine for fifteen months. And the embarrassing Kremlin attack has been given little coverage in Russian media /2
Quite simply, Ukraine in its struggle for survival cannot afford to give Russia the advantage of caring only about what is happening on the Ukrainian front. It has to create a permanent threat situation inside Russia, and Budanov has been dealing with that for quite a while / end