{"id":1923421,"date":"2023-05-03T10:27:04","date_gmt":"2023-05-03T14:27:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/russia-claims-putin-targeted-in-ukraine-attack-on-kremlin\/"},"modified":"2023-05-03T10:32:02","modified_gmt":"2023-05-03T14:32:02","slug":"russia-claims-putin-targeted-in-ukraine-attack-on-kremlin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/russia-claims-putin-targeted-in-ukraine-attack-on-kremlin\/","title":{"rendered":"Kremlin attack in Ukraine targets Putin, says Russia."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Frussia-claims-putin-targeted-in-ukraine-attack-on-kremlin%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1923421&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div class=\"entry-content\">\n<h2>Ukraine Targets Putin with Drone Strike on the Kremlin<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">\n          Russian President Vladimir Putin chairs a meeting with the State Council Presidium on developing Russian industry under sanctions pressure during his working trip to Tula on April 4, 2023. (Photo by RAMIL SITDIKOV\/SPUTNIK\/AFP via Getty Images)<br \/>\n        <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>OAN Roy Francis<\/p>\n<p>UPDATED 6:52 AM \u2013 Wednesday, May 3, 2023<\/p>\n<p>Russian officials claim that Ukrainian forces had conducted a drone attack against the Kremlin targeting Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-1\" style=\"min-width: 320px; min-height: 50px; text-align: center;\">\n        <script>\n          googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-1'); });\n        <\/script>\n      <\/div>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" data-placeholder-image=\"https:\/\/c3.oann.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/complianz-gdpr\/assets\/images\/placeholders\/twitter-minimal.jpg\" class=\"cmplz-placeholder-element twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83d\udea8BREAKING: Ukraine Targets Putin with Drone Strike on the Kremlin<\/p>\n<p>Russia has accused Ukraine of attempting a drone attack on the Kremlin with the aim of killing President Putin.<\/p>\n<p>Russian officials said Putin was not injured, and that Moscow shot down two drones.<\/p>\n<p>The Kremlin\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/YsbYsAGDcs\">pic.twitter.com\/YsbYsAGDcs<\/a><\/p>\n<p>            \u2014 Mario Nawfal (@MarioNawfal) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MarioNawfal\/status\/1653732375568736259?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 3, 2023<\/a>\n          <\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>          <script type=\"text\/plain\" data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" async data-cmplz-src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n        <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>According to the state media agency TASS, the Kremlin said the overnight drone attack had targeted the Russian President\u2019s residence within the Kremlin.<\/p>\n<p>However, the attack was \u201csuccessfully repulsed\u201d and Putin was not in the building at the time of the attack, and there were no injuries reported as a result.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cTwo <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/what-does-the-u-s-intelligence-report-on-ufos-say-everything-you-need-to-know\/\" title=\"What Does The U.S. Intelligence Report On UFOs Say? Everything You Need To Know\">unmanned aerial vehicles<\/a> were aimed at the Kremlin. As a result of timely actions taken by the military and special services with the use of radar warfare systems, the devices were put out of action,\u201d a statement from the Kremlin read. \u201cWe regard these actions as a planned terrorist act and an attempt on the president\u2019s life, carried out on the eve of Victory Day, the May 9 Parade, at which the presence of foreign guests is also planned.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Mykhailo Podolyak, a senior aide to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, claimed that Ukraine was not responsible for the drone attack. He went on to claim that the attack could be used by Russia \u201cto justify a new attack on Ukraine.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The kremlin said that the attack was a \u201cterrorist action\u201d and that Russia has the \u201cright to take retaliatory measures.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cThe Russian side reserves the right to take retaliatory measures where and when it sees fit,\u201d the Kremlin said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Former Defense Intelligence Agency officer Rebekah Koffler told Fox News that it is too early to know who was behind the attack, and that if Ukraine did conduct it, then it would be viewed by Russia as a \u201cmassive escalation.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s too early to tell who is behind the purported drone attack and whether the attempted attack actually did happen,\u201d she said. \u201cIf Ukraine did do it, it would be viewed by Russia as massive escalation, allowing Putin to obliterate Kyiv, including Zelensky\u2019s residence.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Koffler also floated the possibility of the incident being \u201cRussian disinformation,\u201d and another possibility is that \u201can unknown third party\u201d is seeking to escalate the conflict.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cThe way the article is written has signs of Russian disinformation. Versions of this article are all across Russian media,\u201d she said. \u201cWhich indicates to me that the Kremlin has approved publishing it. If it is a Russian \u2018active measure\u2019, the goal would be provocation, to provoke, laying the groundwork and the pretext for a \u2018retaliation\u2019 which the article mentioned specifically.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>On Wednesday, Moscow authorities banned the usage of all drones inside the Russian capital until further notice.<\/p>\n<p><em>This is a developing story.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Stay informed! Receive breaking news blasts directly to your inbox for free. 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