User blog comment:KATANAGOD/Call of Duty: Black Ops II In-Depth Preview/@comment-1840877-20120502175740/@comment-5607673-20120502184823

It was part of Shepherd's plan. They'd make it look like the attack was supported by the US, so Russia would go into war. Yeah, it's not a perfect explanation, but it makes sense. Woods surving, so far, doesn't. I'd go into more detail about the whole No Russian, but I'm lazy, so I'll just leave this here.