RUSSIA is blitzing Kyiv in revenge for an assassination attempt on Vladimir Putin – despite the fact the despot is now blaming the US for the attack.
Moscow claims the United States was behind the drone attack on the Kremlin on Wednesday which aimed to kill Putin.
They have accused the US of being a direct participant in the war, intent on inflicting a "strategic defeat" on Moscow.
Washington denies this, saying it is arming Kyiv to defend itself and retake illegally seized land.
National Security Council spokesman John Kirby said: “We certainly don’t dictate to them the terms by which they defend themselves, or the operations they conduct.”
Meanwhile, Russian drones tonight attacked the Ukrainian capital Kyiv, subjecting residents to spasms of gunfire and explosions.
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The drone attacks started just after 8 pm and lasted around 20 minutes.
It comes after Ukraine's president Zelensky denied his country attacked Russia or Putin.
"We don't attack Putin or Moscow. We fight on our territory. We are defending our villages and cities," he said.
But Putin allies reacted to the alleged attack with alarming calls for revenge.
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Russian authorities – who have launched a terrorism probe – claim they downed two unmanned aerial vehicles aimed at the presidential complex – where Putin is known to increasingly live during the war.
Extraordinary footage appeared to show the moment a drone exploded over the Senate Palace, with flames and smoke seen coming from the 18th-century dome at 2.27am.
Grandstands set up for the Victory Day parade on May 9 can be seen in Red Square below, in front of the fortress walls.
A second blast was seen over the rooftops at 2.43am.
Residents of the nearby Stalinist House on the river embankment said they “saw sparks in the sky and people with flashlights near the Kremlin wall after the thunderclaps”.
The Kremlin said two drones had been used in the alleged attack, but were disabled by Russian electronic defences.
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