Texas finally in custody after being discovered hiding in a closet under a pile of laundry, and hes not the only one whos been arrested. More on that coming up. But we begin with those explosive allegations from the kremlin claiming ukraine attempted to assassinate Vladimir Putin in an overnight drone attack. Video released on social media and russian state tv purports to show the roof of the kremlin on fire as well as flying objects shot down over moscow. In a statement today, russia placed the blame squarely on kyiv saying, quote, we regard these actions as a planned Terrorist Attack and an attempt on the president. The russian side reserves the right to take retall toir measures where and where it sees fit. Volodymyr zelenskyy addressed the allegation at a Press Conference about an hour ago. Listen. We dont attack putin or moscow. We fight on our territory. We are defending our villages and cities. Nbc news chief Foreign Correspondent Richard Engel is following the story from london
this is the uj 22. also on the battlefield much smaller drones, the sort we re more used to people use them at home and commercially. these can be used for reconissance. filming footage of opposition controlled areas. they can also be adapted to drop grenades or similar small explosizes like this small mortar. grenades or similar small explosizes what grenades or similar small explosizes else makes di from what else makes drones different from other weapons? i talked about this earlier with an expert in electronic warfare in air defence. in a research fellow in sea power at the royal united services institute for that generally speaking, what you tend to see is a loitering munition effectively if you can imagine a missile with rather than simply going from point a to point b is able to be launched, able to circle and fly a bite pattern and be sent towards a target. sent towards a target. obviously without a pilot sent towards a target. obviously without a pilot being
the union believes the coventry warehouse employs 1,300 people, and that a majority want to be represented by the union. they ve applied for statutory recognition from an organisation known as the central arbitration committee. at its warehouse in dartford, the company has addressed the issue of recognition for the first time in an interview. but the truth is you are going to do everything in your power as a company to keep that union out, aren t you? we respect our workers rights tojoin or not tojoin a union, and we re working with the cac as part of the gmb s formal application for recognition. but, i mean, you re not going to recognise them, are you? you will do everything in your power to stop that from happening. we re working through a formal process with the cac. so if the gmb can show they have got a majority of workers in coventry, you will recognise them? there s a formal process under way. the gmb have made a formal application to the central arbitration committee
reaches the third round of the world darts championship. good morning from the cotswolds. this is a reindeer herd, we are surrounded by christmas trees. today is less windy than yesterday, some rain in the forecast and some snow largely in the hills of the north east of scotland but at lower levels in the northern isles. all of the details throughout the programme. it s friday the 22nd of december. our main story. the czech republic has declared a national day of mourning tomorrow after a gunman killed 14 people and injured 25 at a university in prague. police say the gunman was a 24 year old student at charles university and was later found dead. police were already looking for the gunman, after they discovered his father s body hours earlier. our eastern european correspondent sarah rainsford reports. the centre of prague was suddenly transformed into a major crime scene. armed police rushed towards a university building as a gunman stalked the corridors there. at this poin
meanwhile, ukraine has denied responsibility. this was vladimir putin in the last little while. translation: as a response, as you know, the kyiv regime l chose a different path, frightening citizens of russia and hitting residential buildings. this is a clear sign of terrorist activity. the air defence system of moscow worked normally, satisfactorily, although there are things to work on. we ll talk to our correspondent on those comments in a moment but let s first focus on those drones attacking moscow. here s our russia editor steve rosenberg who sent this report from moscow. explosion. russian tv says this is the moment that moscow came under attack. from early morning, people in and around the russian capital reported hearing explosions. idid, too. at home, my window shook from the force of the blast. russia s defence ministry says that ukraine had targeted moscow with drones. the russian military claimed it had brought them all down. look at that, a man says in this