The Kremlin claimed it shot down two Ukrainian drones and accused Kiev of trying to assassinate Russian President Vladimir Putin, reports AP news agency.
“Two unmanned vehicles were targeted towards the Kremlin…the devices were disabled,” the Kremlin said in a statement. ,
The Kremlin said that President Vladimir Putin is safe and continues to work without making any changes to his schedule.
The alleged attempted attack was called a “terrorist act” by the Kremlin, which claimed Russian security forces had disabled the drone before it could strike, according to the AP.
It said there were no casualties, in a statement carried by Russian state-run news agencies.
The Kremlin said that President Putin is safe and he is doing business as usual.
Officials in Ukraine did not immediately respond.
The Kremlin did not present any evidence from the reported incident and its statement did not include many facts.
According to Tass, the statement said the Kremlin regarded the development as a deliberate attempt on Putin’s life ahead of Russia’s Victory Day on May 9.
The Tass report cited the statement as saying that Russia reserves the right to respond “when and where it sees fit”.
However, Ukraine said it had “nothing to do” with the alleged drone attack on the Kremlin, which Moscow portrayed as an attempt by Ukraine to kill Putin.
“Ukraine has nothing to do with the drone attacks on the Kremlin,” said Mykhailo Podolyak, Ukrainian presidential spokesman. “First and foremost, attacking the Kremlin serves no military purpose,” he told AFP.
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