His attempt Vladimir Putin with dronesdrones) complained yesterday Moscowin the most dramatic accusation he threw at him Kyiv the war lasts for 14 months. The Ukrainian authorities rejected the accusation, considering it a provocation, foreshadowing a large-scale operation by the occupiers against the country.

The report, released by the Russian presidium, mentions that two Ukrainian drones were neutralized by Russian security forces while flying over the Kremlin and that their fragments fell inside the walls, but did not cause injury or damage. “We regard the incident as a deliberate terrorist attack against the life of the President of Russia, which took place on the eve of the anniversary of the Victory in the anti-fascist war (in the Great Patriotic War) and the May 9 parade, when foreign officials are expected to participate,” the message says. The Kremlin warns that Russia is leaving reserves the right to respond “at any time and at any time it deems appropriate”.

Posts on Russian social media include a video showing smoke rising from the Kremlin around 2:30 am. Presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that Vladimir Putin was not in the Kremlin at the time of the incident, as he settled in his residence in Novo-Ogaryovo, on the outskirts of the Russian capital.

The reaction of the Ukrainian government was immediate. “We do not strike the Kremlin because, first of all, they will not solve any military problem for us,” Mykhailo Podolyak, a senior adviser to the President of Ukraine, said, adding: “Most importantly, a strike on the Kremlin would help Russia to justify violent strikes. on the civilian population and the political infrastructure of our country”. Going even further, he argued that Russia’s accusations were paving the way for a large-scale “terrorist” attack on Ukraine in the next few days.

“The Russian president needs to mobilize his people, he has no victory to show,” Zelensky replies.

When asked about the reasons for Moscow’s yesterday’s claims, Mr. Zelensky he said, “Putin needs to mobilize his people, he doesn’t have a victory to demonstrate that.”

After the incident, the speaker of the Russian parliament, Vyacheslav Volodin, called on the Russian leadership to “use weapons capable of destroying the terrorist regime in Kiev,” adding that there was no talk of any negotiations with Zelensky from now on. At the same time, the FSB of Russia yesterday announced the arrest of seven people accused of planning, in cooperation with the Ukrainian special services, “a series of demonstrative sabotage and terrorist acts” on the Russian-occupied Crimean peninsula. A spokesman in Washington, on condition of anonymity, said the US government is trying to ascertain the veracity of the Russian complaint.

At the same time, Volodymyr Zelenskyy was in Helsinki to participate in consultations with the prime ministers of four northern countries (Finland, Sweden, Norway, Denmark) regarding the further strengthening of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the prospects for his country’s entry into NATO. During a press conference, the President of Ukraine stated that the Ukrainian counter-offensive would begin “in the near future” and did not take into account that it would lead to the return of additional territories currently under Russian occupation. He also expressed confidence that after the expected successes of Ukraine, the hesitation of the leading Western countries on the supply of advanced fighters to his country will be overcome. Zelensky’s next destination will be Berlin, which he will visit on May 13-14 at the invitation of German Chancellor Olaf Scholz.

In an interview with The Washington Post, the Ukrainian president noted that he did not have any conversations with the White House about the high-profile case of leaking secret Pentagon documents to social networks and that he had no information from the US government before the media leaked the information. .

Arrows in Russia for Nord Stream

Suspicions of the Russian “finger” of sabotage against the Nord Stream gas pipeline in the Baltic have created TV reports from four northern countries. According to the report, Russian ships leaving the naval bases of St. Petersburg and Kaliningrad visited the sea area north of Denmark in June and September last year, where in September. Russian ships were detected by satellites and wiretaps. Meanwhile, NATO intelligence chief David Cutler warned that Russia was likely sabotaging undersea cables to target key infrastructure of NATO member states and punish them for helping Ukraine. He also noted that Russian patrols in the Atlantic have recently increased significantly.