Rabat – Russia has accused the US of being directly involved in a drone attack on the Kremlin in Moscow.
The Kremlin’s spokesperson, Dmitry Peskov, told journalists today: “We are well aware that decisions on such actions, on such terrorist attacks, are not made in Kyiv, but in Washington. And Kyiv is doing what it is told to do,” he said.
On Wednesday, footage showed two objects going toward the Kremlin, with one hitting the rooftop of the Senate Palace, the official residence of the Russian president. Putin was not in the building at the time of the attack, the Guardian reported.
Claiming that such an attack could not have taken place without direct instructions from the US, the Kremlin spokesperson said that Washington needs to “understand how dangerous such direct participation in the conflict is.”
Ukrainian officials, including the country’s President Volodymr Zelenskiy, have strongly denied the Kremlin’s claims that Ukraine was involved in the drone attack that was intended to kill Russia’s leader Vladimir Putin.
The White House also responded to the allegations by stressing that the US was not involved and does not encourage or enable Ukraine to carry out attacks outside its borders.
“We certainly don’t dictate to them the terms by which they defend themselves or the operations they conduct,” National Security Council Spokesman John Kirby told MSNBC.
On Wednesday, the White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre also commented on the drone attack, saying that the US did not want to get into speculation.
“But we are – we are indeed aware of the reports. The United States certainly is not encouraging or enabling Ukraine to strike beyond its borders,” Jean-Pierre added.
