Monday, August 22, 2022

Follow Up

Two days ago I wrote about a car bomb killing Darya Dugina, She was the daughter of a prominent Putin supporter who is also head of the Wagner mercenary group. I made the reasonable assumption that Ukraine did the deed.

Writing at Power Line John Hinderaker notes that a Russian dissident group which opposes Putin and his Ukraine invasion has claimed credit for the bombing. The National Republican Army as the group styles itself isn't widely known.

Regardless of who actually did the deed, Putin would prefer to blame Ukraine and use the attack to whip up nationalistic anti-Ukraine fervor at home. Meanwhile Ukraine has claimed they are not responsible.

In war there is a lot of "he said, she said" and both sides lie.