[YouTube] Video footage shows a drone hitting the roof of the Kremlin in Moscow. Russia claims an attack by Ukraine on the Kremlin with two drones.
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Russia claims it foiled Putin assassination attempt by Ukrainian drone (video)
[NYP] Russia accused Ukraine on Wednesday of launching a drone strike overnight in a failed attempt to kill President Vladimir Putin.
The two drones were disabled by state security services and Putin, who was not in the Kremlin at the time of the incident, was uninjured, according to his spokesperson Dmitri S. Peskov.
A senior Ukrainian presidential official said Kyiv was not involved in the purported incident and had "no information about the so-called night attacks on the Kremlin."
Spokesperson Serhiy Nykyforov called the claim "an attempt to escalate the situation before May 9," referring to the World War II Victory Day holiday that Russia celebrates.
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