AMMAN — The presidential office said defenses downed two
drones overnight.
A spokesman for the Russian President stated that the leader
had not been in the complex at the time of the attack, the BBC reported.
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Unverified footage on social media appeared to show an
object flying over the Kremlin before a small explosion.
Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky's spokesman said
Ukraine was focusing on liberating its own territory after Russia invaded last
year and that it had nothing to do with the alleged drone strike.
Another official told the BBC the reported incident
indicated Russia could be "preparing a large-scale terrorist
provocation" in Ukraine.
The two countries frequently trade accusations and denials
since the full-scale Russian invasion in February 2022.
Russia said the two drones targeting the Kremlin — a large
government complex in central Moscow — were disabled using electronic radar
assets.
One video on social media showed smoke rising over the
fortified complex, and in another a small explosion was visible above the
Kremlin Senate building, while two men appeared to clamber up the dome.
In a statement, the Russian presidency said: "Last
night, the Kyiv regime attempted to carry out a strike on the Kremlin residence
of the President of the Russian Federation with unmanned aerial vehicles."
It said it regarded this "as a planned terrorist act
and an assassination attempt on the president", and Russia "reserves
the right to take retaliatory measures wherever and whenever is deemed
necessary.”
The Russian leader was unhurt and his schedule would
continue as normal, his office said. He was working in Novo Ogaryovo outside
Moscow at the time.
Fragments of the drones had fallen on the Kremlin site, but
no-one had been hurt and there was no damage to buildings, the presidency said.
It also noted the incident had come shortly before Russia's May 9 Victory Day
parade, which foreign dignitaries were expected to attend, and that the parade
would continue.
While the motives of the drone attack are unclear and there
is much speculation about it, an expert stated to the BBC that it could be to
show that Russian people can be hit anywhere and to retaliate against the war
they started in Ukraine.
More speculation from different statements also highlight
that Russia may have fabricated the story.
Moscow's mayor Sergei Sobyanin on Wednesday announced a ban
on unauthorized drone flights over the city. Drone flights would require a
special government permit.
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