t is not believed that the Russian president was in the building at the time of the attack
Russia believes that the United States was behind an attempt on the life of President Vladimir Putin at the Kremlin yesterday. Footage has captured the moment that a drone hit the government building causing it to be set ablaze.
It continued: "it is extremely unlikely that two drones could have penetrated multiple layers of air defence and detonated or been shot down just over the heart of the Kremlin in a way that provided spectacular imagery caught nicely on camera”. No independent verification of the attack has been conducted and Russia has not presented any evidence to support its claims. Questions also arose as to why it took the Kremlin hours to report the incident and why videos of it also surfaced later in the day.
Officials say the attack was planned to disrupt Victory Day, which Russia celebrates in Red Square on May 9 to commemorate the USSR's victory over Nazi Germany in World War II. Peskov said the parade would go on as scheduled.
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