{"id":520,"date":"2023-05-03T10:07:06","date_gmt":"2023-05-03T16:07:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/freelyinformed.com\/blog\/?p=520"},"modified":"2023-05-03T10:07:52","modified_gmt":"2023-05-03T16:07:52","slug":"russia-claims-assassination-attempt-vs-putin-blames-ukraine-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/freelyinformed.com\/blog\/russia-claims-assassination-attempt-vs-putin-blames-ukraine-video\/","title":{"rendered":"Russia Claims Assassination Attempt vs. Putin; Blames Ukraine &#8211; Video"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Reports have emerged of a possible assassination attempt against Russian President Vladimir Putin. Explosions were heard behind Kremlin walls. It&#8217;s obviously a murky situation. Russia is blaming Ukraine. Whether that is for real, or Russia is preparing to use this to justify something they are about to do &#8211; it&#8217;s anyone&#8217;s guess. No injuries are reported. . . .<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Astonishing footage of last night&#39;s drone attack on the Kremlin <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/3rghCHdIed\">pic.twitter.com\/3rghCHdIed<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Francis Scarr (@francis_scarr) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/francis_scarr\/status\/1653734878075142150?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 3, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><strong>Russia has accused Ukraine of trying to assassinate President Vladimir Putin by using drones to target his residence in the Kremlin in central Moscow.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The presidential office said defences downed two drones overnight. Mr Putin&#8217;s spokesman said the Russian leader had not been in the complex at the time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Unverified footage on social media appeared to show an object flying over the Kremlin before a small explosion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ukraine&#8217;s President Volodymyr Zelensky denied his country was behind it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;We don&#8217;t attack Putin or Moscow. We fight on on our territory. We are defending our villages and cities,&#8221; he said, speaking on a visit to Finland.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Meanwhile a Ukrainian presidential adviser told the BBC the reported incident indicated Russia could be &#8220;preparing a large-scale terrorist provocation&#8221; in Ukraine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The two countries frequently trade accusations and denials since the Russian invasion in February 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Russia said the two drones targeting the Kremlin &#8211; a large government complex in central Moscow &#8211; were disabled using electronic radar assets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a statement, the Russian presidency said: &#8220;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.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It said it regarded this &#8220;as a planned terrorist act and an assassination attempt on the president&#8221;, and Russia &#8220;reserves the right to take retaliatory measures wherever and whenever is deemed necessary&#8221;. . . . <\/p>\n<cite><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-65471904\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">BBC<\/a><\/cite><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reports have emerged of a possible assassination attempt against Russian President Vladimir Putin. Explosions were heard behind Kremlin walls. It&#8217;s obviously a murky situation. Russia is blaming Ukraine. Whether that is for real, or Russia is preparing to use this to justify something they are about to do &#8211; it&#8217;s anyone&#8217;s guess. 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