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.
FILE - Russian President Vladimir Putin delivers speech during the Council of Lawmakers annual plenary session on April 27, 2023, in Saint Petersburg, Russia. authorities accused Ukraine on Wednesday of attempting to attack the Kremlin with two drones overnight in an effort to assassinate President Vladimir Putin.
A video published overnight on a local Moscow news Telegram channel, which appeared to have been shot across the river from the Kremlin, showed what looked like smoke rising over the Kremlin. "We consider these actions as a planned terrorist act and an attempt on the life of the president of Russia, carried out on the eve of the Victory Day, the parade on May 9, where foreign dignitaries are expected," the Kremlin's statement read.Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told Russia’s state news agency RIA Novosti that Putin wasn’t in the Kremlin at the time and was working from the Novo-Ogaryovo residence.
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