by ZeroHedge News Staff at ZeroHedge
Outspoken former Russian president and current deputy chairman of the security council Dmitry Medvedev said on Wednesday in a post on social media that the overnight drone attack on the Kremlin has left Moscow with no options but to “eliminate” Ukrainian President Zelensky and his “clique”. Essentially he’s calling for a ‘decapitation’ strike of the government in Kiev.
As for Zelensky, he’s vehemently denied his government was behind the attack, which Russia is asserting was an assassination attempt targeting Putin.
Zelensky, in Finland, denies Ukraine attacked the Kremlin.
“We don’t attack Putin or Moscow. We fight on our territory. … We don’t have enough, you know, weapons for this.”
“We didn’t attack Putin. We leave it to the tribunal.”pic.twitter.com/PsdtR4wUIW
— Christopher Miller (@ChristopherJM) May 3, 2023
And US Secretary of State Antony Blinken weighed in, casting doubt on Russia’s narrative:
“I can’t in any way validate them,” said Blinken, who was at an event with the Post to preview the 2023 World Press Freedom Index. “We simply don’t know. Second, I would take anything coming out of the Kremlin with a very large shaker of salt.”
Meanwhile, more interesting videos – and closer up showing the inbound drone – continue to emerge…
What kind of state-of-the-art air defenses took down the drones that flew at the Kremlin last night? Footage of one explosion shows two people atop the Kremlin Senate building, allegedly armed with “weaponry to destroy UAVs.” Eat your heart out, Elon Musk. https://t.co/u28MVdBS4L pic.twitter.com/y1Esn30zlg
— Kevin Rothrock (@KevinRothrock) May 3, 2023
Here is the host of RT’s Cross Talk suggesting a huge escalation in the Russian response is coming:
Drone strikes on the Kremlin: Well Kiev and its western backers certainly have Moscow’s attention. The Kiev regime will truly regret this attention. Civilian leadership is fair game now.
— Peter Lavelle (@PLCROSSTALK) May 3, 2023
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Update(10:02ET): Zelensky’s office is insisting it had nothing to do with the drone strike on the Kremlin, which Russian officials say was a “terrorist” attempt to assassinate President Putin:
Continue ReadingEven though Ukraine has denied involvement, pro-Kremlin voices are already calling for revenge. In a social media post, Vyacheslav Volodin, the chairman of Russia’s lower house of Parliament, said: “We will demand the use of weapons capable of stopping and destroying the Kyiv terrorist regime.”…