Ukraine war: US denies masterminding Moscow drone attack

The US has denied Russian claims it masterminded an alleged drone onslaught connected the Kremlin connected Wednesday aimed astatine assassinating President Vladimir Putin.

A time aft accusing Ukraine of carrying retired the alleged attack, Mr Putin's spokesperson said it had been done with Washington's support.

US National Security spokesperson John Kirby called it a "ludicrous claim".

Ukraine has said it had thing to bash with the alleged attack. Mr Putin was not successful the gathering astatine the time.

Ukraine has accused Moscow of staging the incidental successful bid to escalate the war.

Even though Russian attacks person continued unabated - 21 radical were killed connected Wednesday successful the Kherson portion successful the southbound - determination is nary motion yet of an intensification connected Moscow's part. However, connected Sunday evening a drone was changeable down implicit the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv, not excessively acold from the statesmanlike office.

According to President Putin's spokesman, the onslaught connected the Kremlin - a ample authorities analyzable successful cardinal Moscow - occurred aboriginal connected Wednesday. Footage connected societal media showed fume rising implicit the complex. A 2nd video showed a tiny detonation supra the site's Senate building, portion 2 men look to clambered up the dome.

On Thursday, Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said the US was "undoubtedly" down the alleged attack, without providing evidence.

"Decisions connected specified attacks are not made successful Kyiv, but successful Washington," Mr Peskov said.

In his response, Mr Kirby told US media: "Peskov is conscionable lying there, axenic and simple."

"The United States has thing to bash with it. We don't adjacent cognize precisely what happened here, but I tin guarantee you the United States had nary relation successful it whatsoever."

The US authoritative said Washington did not promote oregon alteration Ukraine to onslaught extracurricular its borders, and did not endorse attacks connected idiosyncratic leaders.

Ukraine has said that the alleged onslaught was a mendacious emblem cognition by Moscow.

On the different hand, though, galore reason that Russia would person small involvement successful staging an onslaught that made the Kremlin look vulnerable.

The latest Kremlin claims came arsenic Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky visited the International Criminal Court (ICC) successful The Hague successful the Netherlands.

In a code afterwards, helium called for the instauration of a peculiar tribunal to clasp Russia's "crimes of aggression" to account.

He said Mr Putin "deserves to beryllium sentenced for transgression actions successful the superior of planetary law", the Ukrainian president said.

He listed alleged warfare crimes by Russia - including the "millions" of strikes successful the Donbas portion successful eastbound Ukraine and those killed during the concern of Bucha, adjacent the superior Kyiv, astatine the onset of the full-scale Russian penetration past year.

The ICC has issued an apprehension warrant for President Putin for alleged warfare crimes successful Ukraine. It says helium is liable for warfare crimes during the Ukraine war, which includes the unlawful deportation of children from Ukraine to Russia. But it has nary mandate to prosecute the transgression of aggression.