Drone attack was attempt on President Putin's life, will retaliate: Russia

Describing the overnight drone attacks on the Kremlin residence of Russian President Vladimir Putin by Ukraine a terrorist attack Russia has said it has the right to retaliate in a manner place and time of its choosing Russia Today quoted statement of President officeRussia alleged that there were attempts by Ukraine to assassinate President Putin saying it was a terrorist attack while claiming it shot down drones over the residence of PutinRussian President Vladimir Putin did not get injured in the overnight drone attacks on Kremlin and Russia considers the drone attacks an attempt on Presidents life Presidents press service announced on Wednesday Russia Today reportedAccording to Putins staff Ukraine launched two drone attacks overnight with the intention of hitting his apartment in the KremlinThe head of State was not in Kermlin at the time of Ukrainian UAV attack on Tuesday nightKremlins Spokesperson Dmitry Peskov saidHe also said that President Putin is currently working form his residence near Moscow and that his schedule remains unchangedThe drones were destroyed using electronic warfare measures and caused no casualties or damage the press service addedAccording to a report in Russia Today the message said As a result of this terrorist act the President of the Russian Federation was not injured His work schedule has not changed it continues as usualThe Kremlin also noted that the Russian side reserves the right to take retaliatory measures as it sees fit reported Russia TodayAlso Read Why China is trying to mediate in Russian offensive against UkrainePeskov added that the incident wont interfere with the Victory Day parade that is scheduled to take place on May 9 on Red SquareThe Kremlin previously reported that the two UAVs had targeted the Kremlin but both were shot down before they could pose any damage according to Russia TodayPrior to being shot down both of the UAVs that had targeted the Kremlin according to the Kremlin were shot downOn social media several viral videos purportedly show a plummet of smoke rising against the nighttime cityscape from the terrirory of the former Russian capitalThe Kremlin press service also said Two unmanned aerial vehicles were aimed at the Kremlin As a result of timely actions taken by the military and special services using radar warfare systems the devices were disabledThe statement said We consider this a preplanned terrorist action and an attempt against the Russian president adding that the incident happened ahead of Victory Day and the parade on May 9 when foreign guests plan to be presentThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever