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Ukraine denies involvement in alleged Moscow drone attack

May 30, 2023
A specialist inspects the damaged facade of a multi-storey apartment building after a reported drone attack in Moscow on May 30, 2023. (Photo by Kirill KUDRYAVTSEV / AFP) (Photo by KIRILL KUDRYAVTSEV/AFP via Getty Images)
A specialist inspects the damaged facade of a multi-storey apartment building after a reported drone attack in Moscow on May 30, 2023. (Photo by Kirill KUDRYAVTSEV / AFP) (Photo by KIRILL KUDRYAVTSEV/AFP via Getty Images)

LONDON — Ukraine has denied direct involvement with an alleged drone attack on the Russian capital, Moscow, on Tuesday.

“Of course, we enjoy watching and predicting an increase in attacks. But of course, we have nothing to do directly with it,” Ukrainian presidential adviser Mykhailo Podolyak told the Breakfast Show YouTube channel.

He also said, “What is growing in Russia is the karmic payment that Russia will gradually pay in aggravated form for everything it does in Ukraine.”

Russia had blamed Ukraine for the alleged attacks early Tuesday.

Meanwhile, Alexander Khinshtein, a member of the Russian Parliament from President Vladimir Putin's United Russia party, said the alleged drone attack on Moscow is "a new reality we will have to recognize."

"Undoubtedly, sabotage and terrorist attacks by Ukraine will only grow. We need to drastically strengthen defense and security measures, especially in the area of countering drones," he said in a Telegram post Tuesday.

Khinshtein went on to say the fact that eight drones were allegedly shot down "should not comfort anyone."

"Do not underestimate the enemy!" he added.

Yevgeny Prigozhin, the head of the Russian private military company Wagner, has launched an expletive-laden tirade at the Russian Ministry of Defense following the alleged attack on Moscow.

Prigozhin said in an audio recording on his Telegram channel that he was aware of and concerned about the drone attack.

“As a person who understands this somewhat, I can tell you that many years ago it was necessary to deal with these [drone] programs -- that we are now years behind our opponents, years, maybe decades," he said in response to a question from a journalist.

The mercenary boss — who has been engaged in a bitter public feud with Russia's military leadership — said the Russian Ministry of Defense is doing “absolutely nothing at all” to catch up with developments in drone technology.

Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said that Russian President Vladimir Putin had met with officials at the Kremlin following the alleged attack. — CNN


May 30, 2023
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