The Kremlin decried the alleged attack attempt as a “terrorist act' and said Russian military and security forces “disabled' the drones before they could strike.
Russian government officials are claiming Ukrainian forces attempted to kill President Vladimir Putin with a failed drone attack. Officials say two drones were used in the "assassination attempt" at the president's residence within the Kremlin compound, but were disabled by Russian defense systems. No injuries or damage to the residence was reported. Putin was seen in video and photos released Wednesday meeting with a regional governor outside Moscow.
Another video on social media, which looks to be taken from across Red Square, appears to show the moment a drone explodes in a flash of fire above the roof of the Senate Palace in the Kremlin, near a flagpole flying the Russian tricolor, with debris falling on the roof. It also was not possible to independently verify this footage.
Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Ukraine's president, during a joint news conference following a summit of Nordic leaders in Helsinki, Finland, on May 3, 2023. Photographer: Andrey Rudakov/Bloomberg via Getty Images U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, speaking in Washington at a World Press Freedom Day event, said he had seen the reports but "I can’t in any way validate them. We simply don’t know."
Phillips O’Brien, professor of strategic studies at the University of St. Andrews, said, "It certainly wasn’t an attempt to assassinate Putin, because he doesn’t sleep in the roof and he probably never sleeps in the Kremlin." "If it’s a false flag operation by Moscow, then it reeks of desperation," Nixey added. "And it’s a high-risk strategy likely to be exposed, considering how poor their tradecraft seems to be."
Zelenskyy was in Finland seeking greater firepower for his armed forces as they figure out how to dislodge Russian troops from occupied areas of Ukraine. In fighting Wednesday, 16 civilians were killed in a "massive attack" by Russian forces on southern Kherson province, the Prosecutor General’s Office said.
Elsewhere, Russia used Iranian-made drones during its third attack on Kyiv in six days. Explosions were heard in the capital and elsewhere during the night as Ukrainian air defenses shot down 21 of the drones, Ukraine’s air force said. No damage or casualties were reported
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