On May 3, 2023, according to the Kremiln’s press service, two drones attacked Kremlin, both of them “were disabled using electronic warfare systems”. Russia states that Ukraine is responsible for this.
“This night, Kyiv attempted to strike the residence of the president using unmanned aerial vehicles. Two drones were targeted at the Kremlin. As a result of this terrorist act, the president of the russian federation was not injured. The schedule of his work has not changed, he is working as usual,” reads the statement.
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The Kremlin claim that it is an attempt to murder the president on the eve of Victory Day, celebrated in russia next Tuesday, May 9, commemorating the end of World War II.
Moreover, the Kremlin states that “the russian side reserves the right to take measures in response there and then, where and when it deems necessary”.
In response, Serhii Nykyforov, a press secretary in the administration of Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy, states that they “have no information about the so-called night attacks on the Kremlin. However, as President Zelenskyy has repeatedly stated, Ukraine directs all its forces and resources towards the liberation of its own territories, rather than attacking others”.
“The wording used to describe Ukraine as a terrorist state is particularly surprising. Acts of terrorism include buildings destroyed by explosions in Dnipro and Uman, or a rocket fired into a queue at a train station in Kramatorsk, among many other tragedies. What happened in Moscow is clearly an escalation of the situation before May 9th. It's an expected tactic from our adversaries,” Serhii Nykyforov says.
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