If Moscow's claims of an assassination attempt are accurate, then its air defences publicly failed.
. They appear to show at least one drone flying towards the Kremlin, followed by an explosion. Another appears to show smoke rising from a Kremlin structure, and a fire. The BBC has been unable to verify the footage, and it is unclear what really happened.
Questions will now be asked about how well-protected the Russian leader is - and about the effectiveness of Russian air defences. The last few days have seen a spike in such incidents. On Wednesday morning, a fuel depot caught fire in Russia's Krasnodar Region, reportedly caused by a drone attack. Two freight trains were derailed in Bryansk Region, near the border with Ukraine, on Monday and Tuesday, in separate but identical incidents. The local governor said improvised explosive devices were to blame.
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