Russia claims Ukraine tried to assassinate Putin in drone attack on the Kremlin

Russia claimed Wednesday that Ukraine tried to assassinate President Vladimir Putin in an overnight drone attack on the Kremlin.

The accusation, made without providing evidence and without immediate reaction from Kyiv, was the latest in a string of reported incidents inside Russia and far from the war's front lines.

In a statement on the Kremlin's website, Putin's press service said that Russian military and special services had disabled two attacking drones that were "aimed at the Kremlin."

It blamed the alleged attack on Ukraine and said that no one was hurt by falling debris from the alleged drone attack in the heart of Moscow.

"We regard these actions as a planned terrorist act and an attempt on the life of the president, carried out on the eve of Victory Day," the statement said, referring to the May 9 celebration of the Soviet Union’s victory over Nazi Germany in World War II.