Moscow on Thursday accused the US of masterminding a drone attack on the Kremlin, a charge denied by Washington, and said Ukrainian sabotage on Russian territory had reached “unprecedented momentum”.
Moscow said President Vladimir Putin was working from the Kremlin the day after the attack, which it said was a Ukrainian attempt to kill him.
“Decisions on such attacks are not made in Kyiv, but in Washington,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said.
“Kyiv only does what it is told to do.”
“Washington should understand clearly that we know this,” he said.
Ukraine has denied responsibility, with President Volodymyr Zelensky saying “We do not attack Moscow or Putin.”
The US also denied any involvement.
“We had nothing to do with this” John Kirby, spokesperson for the White House National Security Council, said on MSNBC. “Peskov is just lying there, pure and simple.”
Throughout its more than year-long offensive in Ukraine, Moscow has maintained that Kyiv is taking orders from the US — accusing the West of leading a war against Russia by proxy.
The Kremlin attack came as Russia prepares to mark one of its main holidays of May 9 — celebrating the Soviet victory over the Nazis — with a traditional military parade on Red Square.
It came after five days of extraordinary apparent sabotage attacks, including trains derailed by explosions and massive fires in annexed Crimea.
But the Kremlin insisted Thursday the parade will happen, despite the attacks in border regions and in the heart of Russian power, but under “strengthened” security.
It added that Putin does not plan “any address on this topic”.
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