Russia Accuses Ukraine of Trying to Assassinate Putin in Drone Attack.<br />On May 3, Russia claimed that Ukraine conducted an overnight drone strike on the Kremlin in an attempt to kill President Vladimir Putin, NBC News reports.<br />The accusation was made <br />with no supporting evidence.<br />Kyiv has denied the allegations and suggests Russia will use its claims as pretext for another attack.<br />Kyiv has denied the allegations and suggests Russia will use its claims as pretext for another attack.<br />The Kremlin issued a statement on its website.<br />We regard these actions as a planned terrorist act and an attempt on the life of the president, carried out on the eve of Victory Day, The Kremlin, via statement.<br />The Russian side reserves the right to take retaliatory measures where and when it sees fit, The Kremlin, via statement.<br />Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky's press officer, Serhiy Nikiforov, commented that Kyiv had no knowledge about "the so-called night attacks on the Kremlin.".<br />Ukraine directs all available forces and means to liberate its own territories, not to attack foreign ones, Serhiy Nikiforov, Volodymyr Zelensky's press officer, <br />to online newspaper Ukrainska Pravda.<br />Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov <br />said Putin was not in the Kremlin <br />when the alleged attack occurred. .<br />Plans to celebrate Victory Day, the commemoration of the Soviet Union defeating Germany in WWII, <br />will still take place in Red Square on May 9
