Former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, former Russian president, said on a social network on Wednesday that an alleged overnight drone strike on the Kremlin left Moscow with no choice but to “remove” Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and his “clique” from Kyiv, Reuters reports.

Mykhailo Podolyak says that these “threatening” comments of the ex-president of Russia can be met with a Finnish retort: ​​”An empty barrel makes more noise.”

This expression is intended to be offensive and assumes that the people with the least knowledge will speak the loudest.

Zelensky denied that Kyiv was behind the incident, which the Kremlin says was an attempt on the life of President Vladimir Putin, but in which no one was injured.

“We are fighting on our territory, we are not attacking Moscow or Putin… We did not attack Putin, we leave this issue for consideration by the court,” Zelenskyy said.

In the video, which appeared on Russian social networks, a column of smoke can be seen over the Kremlin.

Later, footage appeared showing what appeared to be a drone that exploded directly over the Kremlin.

Kyiv has denied its involvement in any drone attack on the Kremlin and stressed that such actions would do nothing for Ukraine on the front line, and would only provoke Russia to take more radical measures.

For his part, US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken says he cannot confirm Russia’s accusation that Ukraine tried to kill President Vladimir Putin with a drone, and considers any claims from the Kremlin “dubious”.

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