Putin gives first public reaction to drone attack on Kremlin
The Russian dictator Vladimir Putin said the drone attack on the Kremlin of May 3 was “nothing special” at a closed meeting with chief editors of main Russian propaganda media on May 8, Russian state outlet Kommersant wrote on May 9.
When asked about the drone that attacked the Kremlin Senate dome, Putin said that it was made out of wire and some, however modern, materials and only contained around 400 grams of TNT, a Russian propagandist Andrey Kolesnikov, who was present at the meeting, said.
Putin said the drone was homemade, also claiming that such homemade drones had flown into Russia's Khmeimim Air Base in Syria, and that he was familiar with them.
Despite this, the May 9 ceremony at the Red Square in Moscow was held under unprecedented security measures. The public had to go through four different check points on the way from the subway to the square. Security guards confiscated, for example, an IQOS mouthpiece from a journalist and a packet of Tik Tac mints from another.
On May 3, the Kremlin's press office accused Ukraine of being behind the drone attack on Putin's working office and Moscow Kremlin apartment.
However, Putin wasn't affected as he was working in another of his residences – in Novo-Ogaryovo near the Russian capital.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy denied that Ukraine had attacked any Russian territories.
Presidential Office advisor Mykhailo Podolyak said Russia may have tried to seize informational initiative and to justify its war crimes in Ukraine in such a way.
He also speculated that Russia may have prepared other major terror attacks to be blamed on Ukraine.
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