Just 24 hours before her anniversary 9th Maywhich is celebrated in Russia as the Soviet “Victory Day” over Nazi Germany, Ukrainian drones allegedly, according to Moscow, they attacked him Kremlin in order to kill the President of Russia himself, Vladimir Putin.

It is reported that the drones were neutralized, no one left injured, injured or property damage. Putin himself was not even in the Kremlin at the time of the alleged attack, which is said to have taken place overnight.

Russian military analyst Pavel Felgenhauer even points out in an interview with Al Jazeera that Putin is not used to being in the Kremlin at night.

Opportunities for retribution

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov, for his part, said that the celebration 9th May will go fine.

However, despite the lack of damage and the safe distance at which Putin was, the Russian side hastened to talk about the “act of terrorism”, to expose the “assassination attempt” on the Russian president and, in this context, to threaten with retaliatory measures. , something that will even be “justified”.

Crimean MP Mikhail Sheremet, for example, speaking to the Russian media, called in retaliation rocket attack on the residence of the President of Ukraine, Vladimir Zelensky, V Kyiv.

After some time, fearing Russian missile strikes, air raid sirens did sound in the Ukrainian capital, as well as in other cities of central and eastern Ukraine.

Such quadrocopters could only be launched from Moscow or its environs. This is not a drone that can fly from Ukraine. https://t.co/1u7zsLCOma

— Yaroslav Trofimov (@yarotrof) May 3, 2023

The video that was released actually shows a “small plane” exploding in the air, a stone’s throw from the Kremlin.

However, analysts such as Sean Bell of Britain’s Sky News, Yaroslav Trofimov of the Wall Street Journal, and others have cast doubt on the Ukrainians’ ability to launch a significant drone strike against the Kremlin.

Kyiv, for its part, is quick to dismiss Russia’s claims, saying it has nothing to do with the incident.

As for the drones over the Kremlin. It’s all predictable… Russia is clearly preparing a large-scale terrorist attack. Therefore, he first detains a large supposedly sabotage group in the Crimea. And then he demonstrates “drones over the Kremlin.” First, Ukraine is leading…

— Mikhailo Podolyak (@Podolyak_M) May 3, 2023

ABOUT Mikhail PodolyakChief Advisor to the President of Ukraine, Vladimir Zelenskycharacteristically notes in his Twitter post that Moscow itself is setting up scenarios and provocations such as “drones over the Kremlin” in order to pave the way for its own “large-scale terrorist attack» against Ukraine.

“Ukraine is waging a purely defensive war and does not strike targets on the territory of the Russian Federation. For what reason; This will not solve any military problem. On the contrary, it would give the Russian Federation a reason to justify its attacks on (s.s.: Ukrainian) citizens “- characteristically notes Podolyak in his post. According to Zelensky’s adviser, the recent drone attacks inside Russia (on energy facilities) are the work of Russian resistance forces and, in particular, “internal resistance forces”, whose actions show that “Putin’s company began to “lose control” over the country.

In the same vein, the President of Ukraine, Vladimir Zelenskysaid today that Kyiv “he did not attack either Putin or Moscow“. Taking it one step further, the Ukrainian president said that the Russian leadership blames Kyiv for these attacks because it does not have military victories that he would like to demonstrate to the Russian people.

Drone attacks

It is noted that in recent months there have been other drone attacks on Russian (energy, military or transport) infrastructure in various locations: in Crimea (fire at an oil facility), on Bryansk (train wreck) Column 110 km from the city MoscowV Belgorodeven in regions Ryazan And Saratov located hundreds of kilometers from the border with Ukraine.

In this regard, Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin hastened to announce today that from now on unauthorized drone flights over the Russian capital are prohibited.

What has been announced in the past few hours by Moscow, as well as Kiev, shows that along with the fighting in eastern Ukraine, a propaganda war is being waged through the spread of conflicting information, many of which may not even exist.

It is said that Moscow, in particular, may try to divert Russian public opinion from other problems by spreading such scenarios.

Tens of thousands of dead

Just a few days ago, Western sources (representative of the White House National Security Council, John Kirbyin this case) stated that the number of Russian troops exceeded 20,000 soldiers killed on the Bahamut front alone. If so, there are far more problems for Russia than the Kremlin would like to admit.

“According to estimates published White House this week, showing how fierce the fighting has become and hinting that the conflict could escalate even further amid Kiev’s long-planned counter-offensive to retake the occupied territories.