Putin was at his residence near Moscow when Russian capital was attacked by drones – media
Russian President Vladimir Putin could have been at his residence in Novo-Ogaryovo when drones attacked Moscow and the Moscow region on Tuesday, 30 May.
This was reported by the Russian newspaper The Moscow Times, which cited a “source close to the Kremlin”.
According to the anonymous source, the Russian dictator was sleeping when his security service woke him up because of an air threat.
After the attack, Russian State Duma deputy Alexander Khinstein published a list of settlements where drones had fallen. According to the Russian side, the drones were shot down about 10 km from the residence of dictator Putin.
A resident of a co-operative next door to Putin’s residence told The Moscow Times that he was woken up at around 6am by “very loud explosions”.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov also said that Vladimir Putin woke up because of the drone attack, but did not provide details on whether the Kremlin leader was in his Novo-Ogaryovo residence.
– “The working day started very early (for Putin – Ed.),” said Dmitry Peskov.
The Moscow Times writes that although the Kremlin has instructed propagandists to give positive assessments of Russian air defence, and the drone attack was allegedly successfully repelled, Vladimir Putin himself “appeared tired and spoke with uncertainty when he appeared in public after the raid”.
On the morning of 30 May, the Russian capital was attacked by unidentified drones, which, according to pro-Kremlin media, hit at least three high-rise buildings.
According to the Russian media outlet Proekt, the drones crashed in five locations in the Moscow region: Ilyinskoye, Rozdory, Romashkovo, Timoshkino and Greenfield. The area is home to, among others, Russian oligarchs Arkady and Boris Rotenberg, Russian Finance Minister Anton Siluanov, head of the Russian Constitutional Court Valery Zorkin, Speaker of the Federation Council Valentina Matvienko and other Russian politicians.
Earlier, the British Sky News wrote that it is currently impossible to establish exactly who is behind the attack on the Russian capital. Moreover, the method of terrorising its own population is not new to the Russian special services and Russia in general.
For example, in the 1990s, bombings were carried out in high-rise buildings in Moscow so that the Kremlin could later justify the Russian invasion of Chechnya.
In addition, experts point out that by attacking Moscow and the Moscow region with drones, the Kremlin can legitimise a new wave of mobilisation within Russia.
