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Dangerous escalation in the Ukraine war: is Ukraine now attacking Moscow – or is Putin looking for an excuse? The latest allegations.
In the Ukraine war, an unexpected escalation threatens shortly before the expected Ukrainian offensive: Russia throws one at Ukraine attempted terrorist attack at the Kremlin in Moscow and threatened retaliation. Should Ukraine actually have attacked the Russian capital, that would be a new quality in the Ukraine war, which should raise concerns in the West – so far, attacks by Ukraine on recognized Russian territory and even more so on the capital Moscow have been taboo, and Western ones have been accordingly Weapon shipments compiled and limited to shorter range weapons.
There was initially no reaction from Ukraine. If the Ukrainian army is not behind the incident, this would not be the all-clear: Putin is apparently looking for an excuse to escalate the use of weapons in the war against Ukraine. Also read: Melnyk on the spring offensive: “There have been many miracles”
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According to the Russian state news agency Tass, the attack attempt occurred on Wednesday night. The state security service then disabled two drones with an electronic defense system. Russian President Putin was unharmed, Tass reported, and there were no other casualties either. More on the Ukraine war: 86 dead for 120 meters: That’s how cruel Putin’s warfare is
The The Kremlin “We consider these actions as a planned act of terrorism and an attempt on the life of the President of the Russian Federation,” the Kremlin said in a statement. “The Russian side reserves the right to take countermeasures where and when it deems appropriate.” The Moscow City Administration announced that all drone flights over Moscow would be banned.
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Russia: Multiple drone strikes reported
Local and regional authorities in Russia have issued a number of drone attacks reported. In most cases, Ukraine did not directly take responsibility. On Wednesday night, drones attacked targets in and near Russian-occupied Crimea.
Photos and video on social media show a drone attack on a border post in Simferopol on Tuesday night, according to photos and video shared on social media and geolocated by Radio Liberty, a US government-funded broadcaster. Ukraine did not claim direct responsibility for the incident, but Ukrainian military intelligence spokesman Andriy Chernyak said in a statement Wednesday morning: “Of course the enemy must be cut off from Crimea.”
Already ten days ago it had unconfirmed reports On April 23, Ukraine is said to have tried to attack an industrial complex near Moscow where President Putin was suspected – but according to these reports the explosive-laden kamikaze drone crashed about 20 kilometers from their destination. Also read: Ukrainian President Selenskyj comes to Berlin
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