The Kremlin press service said Ukrainian drones allegedly “tried to strike” the Kremlin residence of Russian President Vladimir Putin.
The stories about “Kyiv in 2 days” were replaced by the real “bavovna” period in Russia itself. In recent days, something has continued to explode on the territory of the Russian Federation and the regions temporarily occupied by it. It even reached the Kremlin itself.
Unknown drone
First, Russian social networks began to write that on the night of May 3 they heard a loud explosion in the center of Moscow and saw smoke. Later, the Kremlin press service said that Ukraine had allegedly tried to strike the Kremlin.
The Russians say two unmanned aerial vehicles allegedly targeted the Kremlin, but military and intelligence agencies used radar and disabled drones.
Putin was also reportedly unharmed, he was not in the Kremlin at the time of the alleged attack. The Press Secretary of the President of the Russian Federation, Dmitry Peskov, said that Russia considers the incident an attempt on Putin’s life on the eve of the Victory Day and May 9 parade and “reserves the right to respond to this attack, where and when it is seen. fit.” As usual, no one provided evidence of Ukraine’s involvement in the incident.
Video from the surveillance camera shows the flight of the apparatus, which exploded in the Kremlin. In another video, flames are seen above the dome of one of the towers.
Moscow has banned all flights of unmanned aerial vehicles. The exception is UAVs, which are used by decision of public authorities.
President Zelensky’s spokesman, Serhiy Nikiforov, said Ukraine had no information about the so-called nighttime attack on the Kremlin.
“We have no information about the so-called night attack on the Kremlin, but as President Zelensky has repeatedly said, Ukraine manages all available forces and means to liberate its own territories, and not for attack others. The words of the terrorist state are surprisingly separate. houses on the Dnieper and Uman, or a rocket on the line at the railway station in Kramatorsk and many other tragedies. And what happened in Moscow is obvious – forcing the situation before May 9. The expected reception from our opponents,” Nikiforov stressed.
Trains derailed
On May 1, in the Unechsky district of the Bryansk region, an explosive device detonated on the railway tracks. The explosion occurred at the 136th kilometer of the Bryansk-Unecha section. A freight train locomotive and seven wagons were derailed. The train was transporting oil products and lumber, after the accident the fire started.
On the evening of May 2, there was another explosion on the railway in the Bryansk region on the border with Ukraine. According to Russian authorities, “an unknown explosive detonated” in the area of the Snezhetskaya station. No one was injured, the locomotive and about 20 freight cars were derailed.
Do not smoke in oil depots
On the night of April 29, a fire broke out at an oil depot in Sevastopol, annexed by Russia, in the Kazachya Bay microdistrict. The Russians said it was due to a drone strike. Ukrainian intelligence claimed that more than ten tanks with oil products, intended for the Black Sea Fleet of the Russian Federation, were destroyed during the fire.
The Armed Forces of Ukraine said the attack on the oil depot was “one of the elements” of preparations for Ukraine’s counter-offensive.
On the evening of May 3, a tank with oil products caught fire in the village of Volna, Temryuk District, Krasnodar Territory. The village is located on the Black Sea coast of the Taman Peninsula, not far from the port of Taman. The Taman transshipment complex for oil and oil products is also located there. The tank caught fire as a result of the drone crash.
Military installations
In the Belgorod region, a drone dropped explosives on the construction site of protective structures near the village of Priles, Baza reported. Because of this, a 46-year-old worker received shell shock. The incident was not officially reported.
Some Russian publications also say that on the night of May 3, UAV drones attacked a military airfield in the Dubrovsky district of the Bryansk region. Five drones participated in the attack: two of them exploded on the territory of the airport, two more were destroyed from small arms, the fifth was not found. According to Astra publication, the 566th separate military transport aviation regiment of military unit 41495. As a result of the attack, an unused An-124 aircraft was damaged, Baza wrote. According to Astra, the plane’s wing was damaged.
Officially, the authorities did not report the incident.
In the village of Gostilitsy, Leningrad Region, a fire broke out at the airport. The Ministry of Emergency Situations of the Russian Federation reported that the message about the fire was received at about 7 am, the tires were burning on the territory of the airport, and the fire area was 15 square meters. The government of the Leningrad region said that two helicopters were evacuated from the hangar, the equipment was not damaged.
Gostilitsy airfield is the largest general aviation airfield in the Northwestern Federal District of the Russian Federation. More than 100 aircraft are based there – in open parking lots and in hangars.
Source: korrespondent
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