A Ukrainian defence official said the 'theatrical' drone attack on the Kremlin was probably 'staged' by Russia and carried out as a 'false flag operation.'
of orchestrating the attack in an attempt to assassinate Vladimir Putin. Although the attack only amounted to a drone exploding next to the flagpole on top of the Kremlin and the Russian president was not there at the time.
“Ukraine has plenty of targets that we have to hit on the battlefield. We have no intention to occupy or assassinate the leaders of our northern neighbour,” Mr Sak said. A Ukrainian official has claimed Russia may have"staged" the drone attack on the Kremlin as a"false flag operation". Picture: Sky News Australia
“There could be different scenarios. But it was definitely not Ukraine because we are fighting on the battlefield and our military objective is very clear.” “We are entitled by international law to protect our lands by targeting enemy targets on the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine, and this is exactly what we are doing.”
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