The Kremlin spokesman directly accused the United States of ordering what Moscow has alleged was an attempted assassination of President Vladimir Putin with two drones that were sent to attack the Russian president’s official residence.
“We know very well that decisions about such actions, about such terrorist attacks, are made not in Kyiv, but in Washington, and Kyiv does what it is told,” Dmitry Peskov told reporters Thursday.Kirby said that it was still not clear to Washington what had happened, but he bluntly rebutted Peskov’s claim. “I can assure you that there was no involvement by the United States in this, whatever it was,” he said during an appearance on MSNBC. “We had nothing to do with this.
Peskov, asked why he had not mentioned the alleged attack during his briefing with reporters the day before, cited an “operational assessment.”Moscow’s accusation against Washington came several hours after Russia launched a wave of self-destructing drones against Kyiv and the southern port city of Odessa overnight. Explosions rang out in the two cities.
Russian officials said the Kremlin was attacked early Wednesday. Two drones were shot down without any casualties, they said. Kirby, appearing Thursday on a broadcast of MSNBC’s “Morning Joe,” said Washington was not involved. Ukrainian officials often complain that the United States has limited their ability to strike targets inside Russia by not providing more longer-range weapons.
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