Russian authorities today accused Ukraine of attempting a drone attack on the Kremlin.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky denied these allegations and said that his country did not attack Moscow or Russian President Vladimir Putin, reports Reuters.
A Kremlin statement carried by Russian media described the alleged overnight attack by two drones as a "terrorist act" and added that the Russian military and security forces had "disabled the drones".
No material damage was caused and there are no victims.
Russian President Vladimir Putin is safe and has continued to work without changes to his schedule, it added.
A statement carried by TASS said that this incident is considered "a deliberate attempt to kill Putin ahead of Victory Day, which Russia celebrates on May 9."
"Russia reserves the right to respond when and where it deems appropriate," the statement said.
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky announced at a press conference in Helsinki that "we are not attacking Putin or Moscow, we are fighting on our territory".
The Ukrainian presidency said that Ukraine "has nothing to do" with the attack.
Mihailo Podoljak, adviser to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, said in a message to journalists that "of course, Ukraine has nothing to do with the drone attacks on the Kremlin."
"Such words of Russia should only be seen as an attempt to prepare a context that could serve as a pretext for a major terrorist attack on Ukraine," said Podoljak.
He said that such an attack, if carried out by Kiev, "would not solve any military problem" when Moscow still controls almost 20 percent of Ukrainian territory.
"On the contrary, it would encourage Russia to take even more radical actions against our civilian population," he said.
Podoljak said that Moscow is very afraid of the beginning of the Ukrainian offensive along the front line and is trying in every possible way to take the initiative and divert attention.
Ukraine has been saying for several months that it wants to carry out a major offensive to regain the territories occupied by Russia in the south and east of its territory.
In recent days, Kiev says that preparations for such an attack are coming to an end.
Today is the 433rd day of the war in Ukraine.
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