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“This,” the former diplomat said, “was definitive.” The denial from Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky was swift: “We don’t attack Putin or Moscow we fight on our territory.”Ī former senior US diplomat called that significant: after several previous mysterious attacks inside Russia, Ukrainian officials have wryly denied knowing anything about it. The president was not injured, the Kremlin stressed, threatening that “ Russia reserves the right to take countermeasures, wherever and whenever it deems appropriate.” The Kremlin was slow to react, eventually releasing a statement calling it a “ planned terrorist attack,” a deliberate attempt by Ukraine to assassinate Putin, but presenting no evidence.

The video first appeared in the early hours of Wednesday on Russian social media. Suddenly, just as one passes the Russian flag flying atop the building, it explodes, raining fiery shards down on the roof. What appear to be two drones, streaking across the night sky in Moscow, head straight for the Kremlin, on target to hit the historic Senate Palace, the official residence of Vladimir Putin. At first glance, it looks like a sci-fi movie.