Late on Tuesday, Russia claimed to have prevented a Ukrainian murder attempt on President Vladimir Putin.
In a statement, Putin’s administration claimed that Ukraine had conducted two drone attacks overnight with the goal of hitting the Russian president’s home in the Kremlin. According to the report, the drones were shot down using electronic warfare techniques with no injuries or property damage.
“We consider this a preplanned terrorist action and an attempt against the Russian president,” it added.
The attack was carried out “ahead of Victory Day and the parade on May 9, when foreign guests plan to be present”.
President Vladimir Putin narrowly escapes a murder attempt. Meanwhile, Russian officials reserved the right to respond in any way, at any time, and anywhere they saw fit, according to the official statement.
In the meantime, Dmitry Peskov, a representative for Putin, told the media that the president was not there when the event took place because he was at the presidential home in Novo-Ogaryovo, Moscow Region.
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Putin is a Russian politician and former intelligence officer, serving as the current president of Russia.
Putin worked as a KGB foreign intelligence officer for 16 years, rising to the rank of lieutenant colonel before resigning in 1991 to begin a political career in Saint Petersburg. He moved to Moscow in 1996 to join the administration of President Boris Yeltsin.
He briefly served as director of the Federal Security Service (FSB) and secretary of the Security Council of Russia, before being appointed prime minister in August 1999.
After the resignation of Yeltsin, Putin became acting president and, less than four months later, was elected outright to his first term as president. He was reelected in 2004. Because he was constitutionally limited to two consecutive terms as president, Putin served as prime minister again from 2008 to 2012 under Dmitry Medvedev.
