President Vladimir Putin has received an assassination attempt, the Russian presidential administration has confirmed.
Moscow residents had reported hearing two explosions behind the Kremlin walls just after 2am local time, after which the lights went out. Footage shared by residents on a local Telegram channel captured the incident, as smoke was seen filling the sky above the Kremlin.
Now, authorities say it was a brazen attack by Ukraine using two drones, which they say have been destroyed. No injuries were reported, according to the TASS news agency.
The spokesman of the president Dmitry Peskov told RIA Novosti that Putin was not in the Kremlin at the time of the attack by Ukrainian drones, today he is working at his residence near Moscow in Novo-Ogaryovo. Plans to hold a parade in Red Square on May 9 remain in place, the Kremlin spokesman said.
Moscow considered Kiev's actions a planned terrorist act and an attempt to assassinate the president on the eve of Victory Day and the May 9 parade. The Russian side reserves the right to respond to this attack wherever and whenever it deems appropriate.
