Vladimir Putin Drone Strike: Another news of Putin has come amidst claims of a drone attack on the residence of President Vladimir Putin in Russia. On behalf of the Russian power center ‘Kremlin’, it has been said that their President (Vladimir Putin) is completely safe and the enemy’s (Ukraine) drones have not been able to harm him. According to the Kremlin, even after the ‘assassination attempt’, President Putin carried out his business as usual.
The Kremlin issued the statement on the night of Wednesday, 3 May. In which it was said, “Last night the government of Kiev (Ukraine) attempted a drone attack on the Russian President’s residence. Two of their unmanned aerial vehicles (drones) came to attack, which were detected and shot down by the Russian military-radar system.” Both those drones could not harm us. The debris of both those drones has also been recovered.”
We are not going to be intimidated by such antics: Kremlin
The Kremlin said, “We view this drone attack as a premeditated terrorist attack carried out before Victory Day and the May 9 parade, and as an assassination attempt targeting the President. However, we make it clear that We are telling that we are not going to be intimidated by such antics. We want to make it clear that the Victory Day Parade will also be held as per the schedule.”
‘The President is present only in the official residence in Moscow’
The Kremlin said, “The president was not hurt in this terrorist attack. He was busy with his work according to his schedule. He had a working meeting today with Gleb Nikitin, the governor of the Nizhny Novgorod region outside Moscow. Socio-economic development as well as investment and construction projects and transportation infrastructure.”
#WATCH , Russia today alleged that there were attempts by Ukraine to assassinate President Putin, saying it was a “terrorist attack” while claiming it shot down drones over Putin’s residence.
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— ANI (@ANI) May 3, 2023
‘We reserve the right to retaliate’
Regarding the response to the drone attack, the Kremlin said that now Russia will respond to the attack in its own style. Kremlin said- “This is an attempt of planned terrorist attack on our President. We have the right now how to respond to it. We took timely retaliatory action. We shot down both the drones.” The attack site is 280 km from the Ukraine border.
