Russian Minister Calls Kremlin Drone Attacks “Hostile Act and Promises Response with “Concrete Measures

The Russian foreign minister accused Ukraine of not cooperating in talks over possible NATO interference

Russian Foreign Minister, Sergey Lavrov, last Friday the 5th, accused the United States of complicity in the drone strikes against the Kremlin and promised “concrete measures” in response and violent action by the Russians. In a press statement after the meeting of the Foreign Ministers’ Council of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), the head of the department that coordinates international policy described the act against the seat of Russian power as a “hostile act”. “. “It is quite clear that the Kiev terrorists could not have committed it without the knowledge of its owners. [em referência aos Estados Unidos]. We will respond with specific measures,” promised the Chancellor. Lavrov also stressed that Moscow “has not given up on solving the problems caused by the actions of the United States and its supply of arms to Ukraine to confront Russia,” and therefore it will not interrupt the “military operation” on Ukrainian soil become . “Everyone understands the geopolitical nature of what is happening, and everyone understands that without solving the main geopolitical problem, which is the West’s desire to maintain its hegemony and dictate its will to everyone, it is impossible to resolve any crisis, be it in Ukraine or in Ukraine and other parts of the world,” he concluded.

Last Wednesday, the 3rd, the Russian security system prevented drones from conducting an attack on the Kremlin, and after the episode Moscow accused the government of Volodymyr Zelenskyy, the President of Ukraine, of carrying out the crime and the White House of involvement indeed offensive. After the accusation that the action was a “terrorist act”, the Russian investigative committee opened a court case into the drone attack. “The main department of the investigative committee of the Russia filed a lawsuit […] for an attempted attack on the Russian president’s residence in the Kremlin,” the agency said in a statement. However, the president of Ukraine granted an interview in Finland after meetings with heads of state from Finland, Denmark, Sweden, Norway and Iceland and denied any involvement the alleged assassination Wladimir Putin. “We are not attacking either Putin or Moscow, we are only fighting on our territory, we are defending our cities and towns.” Finally, the Russian presidency also said that the government “reserves the right to take retaliatory action where and when it deems appropriate.” Senior Russian officials, including Security Council Deputy Chairman Dmitry Medvedev, have urged Putin to act decisively, using weapons capable of “destroying” the Kiev authorities or leading to the “physical elimination” of Zelenskyy .