russian state media is reporting that two ukrainian drones were flown toward the kremlin last night. again, this is coming from the state-controlled russian media with absolutely no verification at all from the ukrainians or anyone else for that matter, and there are a variety of reasons why a russian claim like this would be advantageous to them which we will get into in a bit. and russia is calling this, though, a terrorist attack and also claiming that it was an attempt to assassinate russian president vladimir putin. we have team coverage on this breaking news for you. nic robertson is in eastern ukraine, nick paton walsh is in dnipro, ukraine, and major general james spider marks is joining us as well. let s start with nic robertson. what else are you picking up? reporter: well, what we re hearing from the ukrainians is they re down playing this, saying this is a trick to be expected from our opponents. they re saying that russia is trying to use this event or purp
infrastructure targets and symbolic targets like the creme inn will. we don t know whether that s the case at this point, but if it is the case then as nick was saying that is very embarrassing indeed for the kremlin to have to admit in this way that they are vulnerable to this kind of assault. can you pick up on that or expand on that a little bit because it s almost inconceivable that someone to get to the kremlin like this. you would think that the air defenses, all kinds of defenses that they have around there would prevent something ablaze in the kremlin. it s hard to grasp that to begin with, matthew, and also the idea of the embarrassment. how are the russian people and you ve been here more recently than any of us how are they viewing the military success or failure that russia is having in ukraine? reporter: well, i mean, i think that, you know, beneath the surface there s a lot of dis quiet and concern about the way
to make the journey down to windsor to see his family. just after 11 o clock the new king, king charles iii, here with the queen consort, less than 2a hours since his mother died, but he must now manage his personal grief and assume the role she carried out so flawlessly for the last 70 years and among those initial duties, it includes finalising the details for her funeral and the period of mourning. those details this afternoon are starting to emerge. as you say, people have come to leave as you say, people have come to leave tributes, bal morrow was a place leave tributes, bal morrow was a place that leave tributes, bal morrow was a place that the queen loved to spend time and place that the queen loved to spend time and she was very much a part of the community, a member of the nearby the community, a member of the nearby church, and people here are feeling nearby church, and people here are feeling it nearby church, and people here are feeling it personally today.- fee
confirmed yesterday afternoon, coming in very large numbers, leaving messages, flowers, messages of thanks, and people keep talking about the atmosphere there and how quiet and sombre it is. yes. about the atmosphere there and how quiet and sombre it is. quiet and sombre it is. yes, that s ri . ht. quiet and sombre it is. yes, that s riht. it quiet and sombre it is. yes, that s right- it was quiet and sombre it is. yes, that s right. it was pouring quiet and sombre it is. yes, that s right. it was pouring with - quiet and sombre it is. yes, that s right. it was pouring with rain. - quiet and sombre it is. yes, that s right. it was pouring with rain. we were sitting here yesterday afternoon waiting for further news from buckingham palace and you are right, we could already see many people who just felt this significant moment because clearly it was going to be a significant moment. they were already starting to gather outside buckingham palace in the very inclement weather yesterda