Zelenskyy Says Russia Hit Ukrainian Security HQ in Kyiv
Was this a Russian escalation or an inside job launched from Kyiv itself?
Above: Signboard outside the SBU. Image credit: Igor Golovniov/SOPA Images/LightRocket/Getty Images
The Spin
Anti-Russia narrative
After more than four years of war, striking Ukraine's top security building in broad daylight marks a dangerous new escalation that can't be brushed aside. If the U.S. still needs a clear signal of what Putin thinks about peace, here it is. Kyiv owes the world a matching response.
Pro-Russia narrative
Before blaming Moscow, look at where the drone actually came from — it was reportedly launched from Kyiv itself, which points to an internal score being settled, not a Russian strike. Budanov and his crew are being thrown under the bus, and the war narrative is being used as cover.
