Russia accuses Ukraine of attempting to assassinate Putin in a drone attack on the Kremlin

On Wednesday, the Kremlin accused Ukraine of a attempted assassination of Russian President Vladimir Putin with two droneswhere he emphasized that both devices were aimed at the headquarters of the Russian presidency, and that Kiev had not declared itself about it.

“The Kiev regime attempted to attack the residence of the Russian president in the Kremlin tonight,” he said, before pointing out that Putin was not injured and was continuing to work normally. “The Russian president was not injured in this terrorist act”he emphasized, reports Europa Press.

“With the appropriate action of the military and special services using radar systems, the devices were put out of service,” he said, adding, as reported by Europa Press, that “there were no casualties or property damage as a result fragments falling in the courtyards of the Kremlin“, was collected by the Russian news agency TASS.

Moscow bans the use of drones

After the incident, the Moscow authorities banned the use of drones in the capital on Wednesday. “We have made a decision to ban the use of drones in Moscow from today,” said the capital’s councilor Sergei Sobinian on his Telegram channel, reports Efe.

Sobyanin added that it is drones used for state purposes will be able to fly in the capital’s airspace.

“The decision was taken to prevent the unauthorized use of drones that would interfere with the work of security services,” he said. The mayor insisted that the unauthorized launch of an unmanned aerial vehicle “is a crime and entails administrative and criminal liability.”

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