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1 big thing

Conflicting narratives in the Russia-Ukraine war

1 big thing

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πŸ—“οΈ 4 May 2023

⏱️ 12 minutes

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The Russian government said two drones attacked the Kremlin early Wednesday, in what it claims was an assassination attempt on President Vladimir Putin. Ukraine has denied responsibility and says it was a Russian false flag. Plus, which American downtowns are thriving, and which are struggling. And, fentanyl overdose deaths in the U.S. nearly quadruple over five years. Guests: Axios' Dave Lawler and Alex Fitzpatrick. Credits: Axios Today is produced by Niala Boodhoo, Alexandra Botti, Lydia McMullen-Laird, Fonda Mwangi and Ben O'Brien. Music is composed by Evan Viola. You can reach us at [email protected]. You can text questions, comments and story ideas to Niala as a text or voice memo to 202-918-4893. Go Deeper: Ukraine denies Russian accusation that it tried to attack the Kremlin Which American downtowns are thriving β€” and which are struggling Fentanyl overdose death rate nearly quadrupled from 2016 to 2021 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Good morning. Welcome, Naxios today. It's Thursday, May the 4th. I'm Nailibu. Today, which

0:40.8

American downtowns are thriving and which are struggling? And ventanol overdose deaths

0:45.9

in the US nearly quadruple over five years. But first, an attack on the Kremlin and what

0:52.0

comes next in the Russia-Ukraine war. That's today's one big thing.

0:59.8

The Russian government says two drones attacked the Kremlin early Wednesday local time. And

1:05.1

what it claims was an assassination attempt on President Vladimir Putin who was not in

1:09.1

the building during the incident. Ukraine has denied responsibility and claimed the accusation

1:14.0

was a Russian false flag. But the incident could be a pretext for Russia to ramp up the

1:19.0

fighting in the year-long war. Here to help us dive deep on what this all means is

1:23.1

Axios senior world editor Dave Loller. Hi, Dave. Hi, Nailibu. Let's start with this

1:27.5

drone attack on the Kremlin. I don't know if it's fair to equate this with like a drone

1:32.4

attack on the Pentagon, but isn't this a pretty highly secured space in the middle of Moscow?

1:38.3

Yes, so this is a very strange incident in part because the Russian allegation would

1:43.5

suggest these drones were sent from Ukraine, which is, you know, Moscow's hundreds of miles

1:48.2

from the border. These drones would have gotten into central Moscow and these videos that came

1:52.9

out online appeared to show at least one of the drones just above the roof of the Kremlin

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