US slams ‘ridiculous’ Russian claim to plot Putin assassination attempt

John Kirby, the strategic communications coordinator for the National Security Council, on Thursday denied Russia’s allegation that the United States was behind a drone strike that he said was intended to kill Russian President Vladimir Putin. .

Dmitri Peskov, Putin’s spokesman, saying The United States was “undoubtedly” responsible for what Moscow described as a “terrorist attack.”

“Mr. Peskov is lying,” Kirby said.CNN This morning.” “That’s a ridiculous claim. The United States had nothing to do with this.”

Kirby added that the details of the incident are not yet clear to the United States. anonymous US officials told politician They are working to determine whether the attack was orchestrated by kyiv or a pro-Ukrainian rebel group, or whether it was a false flag operation by the Kremlin.

“But I can assure you that the United States had no role in that,” Kirby told CNN. “We do not encourage or allow Ukraine to attack outside of Ukraine’s borders.”

The New York Times verified footage showing two explosions in 15 minutes over the Kremlin on Wednesday night.

the kremlin said the incident It was “a planned terrorist act and an attempt on the life of the President of Russia.”

In his press conference on Thursday, Peskov alleged that Washington planned the attack, without offering any evidence.

“The attempts to repudiate this, both in kyiv and in Washington, are, of course, absolutely ridiculous,” the Kremlin spokesman said. “We know very well that decisions about such actions, about such terrorist attacks, are not made in kyiv but in Washington.”

Moscow previously claimed that Ukraine was responsible for the attack. Kyiv has denied involvement.

I’ve seen the reports. I can’t validate them in any way. We just don’t know,” US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Wednesday of Russia’s allegations of Ukraine’s involvement. “I would take anything that comes out of the Kremlin with a very large salt shaker, so let’s see.”