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Washington: US Secretary of State Anthony Blink He said Wednesday that he is highly skeptical of any allegations by Russia, after Moscow made allegations Kyiv Launch a drone attack on the Kremlin.
“I’ve seen the reports. I can’t verify them, we simply don’t know,” Blinken said at an event in Washington on press freedoms. “I’d take anything that came out of the Kremlin with a really big shake of salt.”
Russia said two drones were targeted Putin’s residence in the Kremlin night, calling it a Ukrainian “terrorist attack” before the important day of May 9, when Russia celebrates victory over Nazi Germany in the Second World War.
Kiev denied the claim, stating that Moscow “carried out” the attack.
The presidential spokesman said, “Ukraine has nothing to do with the drone attacks on the Kremlin.” Michael Podolak He said.
At the event hosted by The Washington Post on Wednesday on World Press Freedom Day, Blinken also discussed the recent leak of top-secret US documents.
The embarrassing security breach exposed US concern about an upcoming counterattack by Kiev forces against Russian forces as well as concerns about Ukrainian air defenses.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky complained in an interview with The Washington Post published on Tuesday that his government was not warned about the leak, calling it a “bad story”.
Blinkin said he told his Ukrainian counterpart Dmytro Kuleba at the time “that we deeply regret the unauthorized disclosure of these documents, and that we have taken very seriously our obligations and responsibility towards information protection.”
The top US diplomat also spoke positively about last week’s phone call between Chinese leader Xi Jinping and Zelensky.
“It is very important that China and other countries that have been seeking to advance peace listen to the victim, not just the aggressor,” he said.
“I’ve seen the reports. I can’t verify them, we simply don’t know,” Blinken said at an event in Washington on press freedoms. “I’d take anything that came out of the Kremlin with a really big shake of salt.”
Russia said two drones were targeted Putin’s residence in the Kremlin night, calling it a Ukrainian “terrorist attack” before the important day of May 9, when Russia celebrates victory over Nazi Germany in the Second World War.
Kiev denied the claim, stating that Moscow “carried out” the attack.
The presidential spokesman said, “Ukraine has nothing to do with the drone attacks on the Kremlin.” Michael Podolak He said.
At the event hosted by The Washington Post on Wednesday on World Press Freedom Day, Blinken also discussed the recent leak of top-secret US documents.
The embarrassing security breach exposed US concern about an upcoming counterattack by Kiev forces against Russian forces as well as concerns about Ukrainian air defenses.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky complained in an interview with The Washington Post published on Tuesday that his government was not warned about the leak, calling it a “bad story”.
Blinkin said he told his Ukrainian counterpart Dmytro Kuleba at the time “that we deeply regret the unauthorized disclosure of these documents, and that we have taken very seriously our obligations and responsibility towards information protection.”
The top US diplomat also spoke positively about last week’s phone call between Chinese leader Xi Jinping and Zelensky.
“It is very important that China and other countries that have been seeking to advance peace listen to the victim, not just the aggressor,” he said.
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