

Three Russian navy ships were observed in the Baltic Sea in the area of the Nord Stream pipeline blasts prior to the sabotage that halted Russian gas flows to Europe in September last year, an investigation by four Nordic broadcasters has found according to Reuters. “The Russian side reserves the right to take retaliatory measures where and when it sees fit,” it said. It said Putin had not changed his schedule and was working as normal in Novo Ogaryovo, outside Moscow. “The Kremlin has assessed these actions as a planned terrorist act and an assassination attempt on the president on the eve of Victory Day, the 9 May Parade,” RIA said.

Putin was not injured, and there was no material damage to the Kremlin buildings, the Kremlin said. It said two drones had been used in the alleged attack, but had been disabled by Russian defences. The Kremlin said it considered the attack to be a “planned terrorist action”, the Russian state news agency RIA reported. 12.51 BST Russia accuses Ukraine of using drone to attack KremlinĪn interesting report here, as Russia has claimed Ukraine used a drone to try to kill Vladimir Putin overnight.įootage has circulated on social media of a small smoke cloud rising over the Kremlin in Moscow in the early hours of Wednesday.
