The Russo-Ukraine War has raged for more than a year with no end in sight. While the Ukrainians have led a gallant resistance of their land, the fact of the matter is that Russia is not apparently going away. In fact, the war is expanding. Someone—we do not know for sure who did—attempted to assassinate Russian strongman President Vladimir Putin in his official presidential palace, the Kremlin, with a drone.

Putin was not killed.

Some have speculated that this was a false flag on Putin’s part to justify an expansion of his ongoing war in Ukraine. Although, this seems unlikely. Given the amount of investment that Ukraine has placed into its drone capabilities, it is more than likely that either Ukraine or its allies launched an assassination attempt against the Russian autocrat.