Why is Russian military skeptical about US claim of Baghdadi's killing?

The Russian military's incredulity about the US raid that killed Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi has some basis in practical reasons that go beyond just "great power jealousy."
A picture taken on October 28, 2019 shows Syrians sifting through the rubble at the site of a suspected US-led operation against Islamic State (IS) chief Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi the previous day, on the edge of the small Syrian village of Barisha in the country's opposition-held northwestern Idlib province. - US President Donald Trump announced that Baghdadi, the elusive leader of the jihadist group and the world's most wanted man, was killed in the early hours of Octobe 27 in an overnight US raid near the vil
Syrians sift through the rubble at the site of a suspected US-led operation against Islamic State chief Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi over the weekend at the edge of the small Syrian village of Barisha in the country's opposition-held northwestern Idlib province, Oct. 28, 2019. - OMAR HAJ KADOUR/AFP via Getty Images
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Russia’s Defense Ministry has cast doubt on US claims of killing Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi despite the evidence of his death from Turkey, an Astana format partner, and Iraq’s joint intelligence-sharing center.

Maj. Gen. Igor Konashenkov, the chief of media services for the Russian Defense Ministry, said, “The escalating number of direct participants and countries that supposedly took part in the ‘operation,' each one with completely contradictory details, justifiably raises questions and doubts about whether it happened, never mind succeeded.”

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