The diplomatic department said that all those guilty of attempting to attack the Kremlin with the help of drones will be found, they will be severely and inevitably punished MOSCOW, May 4.
/tass/. Moscow will respond to Kiev's attacks on the Kremlin in accordance with the assessments of the threat that Ukraine has created for the Russian leadership. This is stated in a statement issued on Thursday by the Russian Foreign Ministry.
"We confirm that the Russian side reserves the right to take retaliatory measures against blatant attempts of terrorist acts. Russia will respond in accordance with the assessments of the threat that Kiev has created for the leadership of our country," the foreign ministry said.
The Russian Foreign Ministry stressed that Moscow strongly condemns the attempts of terrorist acts committed on the night of May 3 against the Kremlin with the help of unmanned aerial vehicles.
"There is no doubt that the Kiev regime is behind them, which has long and consciously supported and used terrorist methods against civilian infrastructure and civilians," the statement said. - The bombing of the Crimean Bridge on October 8, 2022, attacks on non-military facilities in the Bryansk, Belgorod and Rostov regions, numerous diversions. Now Moscow. The terrorist and sabotage activities of the Armed Forces of Ukraine are gaining unprecedented momentum."
Kiev does not seek peace
The Russian Foreign Ministry pointed out that the Ukrainian attacks on the Kremlin once again confirm Kiev's lack of desire for peace and settlement of the conflict through political and diplomatic means. In this regard, the need to achieve all the goals and objectives of a special military operation is obvious, the diplomatic department noted. "Security threats and acts of terrorism should not originate from the territory of Ukraine," the ministry added.
Such crimes, as stressed in the Russian Foreign Ministry, "should not remain unanswered." "We are sure that all the perpetrators will be found. They will be severely and inevitably punished," the document says.
"The gravity of this crime is aggravated by the fact that the Moscow Kremlin is the residence of the head of the Russian state, and the special cynicism of the actions of the neo-Nazi Ukrainian authorities is that the attempt to assassinate the president of Russia was made on the eve of Victory Day and the Parade on May 9, which will be attended by veterans of the Great Patriotic War, who shed blood in the fight against Nazism and fascism, including on the territory of Ukraine," the diplomatic department reported.
World reaction
According to the Russian Foreign Ministry, the world community and international organizations that work without double standards on the basis of international law should condemn the new criminal trick of the Kiev regime. "It is necessary to force Kiev to fulfill its obligations in the field of combating terrorism, international humanitarian law and human rights protection," the ministry stressed.
"It has long been no secret to the world community that the Kiev regime is supported by Western countries that supply it with weapons, intelligence, train its militants and point them to targets. The silence of the collective West testifies to its indulgence in the terrorist methods of the neo-Nazi and extremist regime in Kiev," the statement says.
On Wednesday night, Ukraine tried to use two drones to strike at the Kremlin residence of Russian President Vladimir Putin, the press service of the Russian leader reported. The military and special services promptly disabled enemy vehicles. Putin was not injured and continues to work as usual. The Kremlin regarded this attack as a planned terrorist attack and an attempt on the head of state. The Russian Federation reserves the right to take retaliatory measures when and as it sees fit, the press service said.
