protests after police body camera video and footage showed five police officers repeatedly punching and kicking him after a traffic stop in january. the district attorney says former memphis officer preston hempfield, will not face charges but was charged with policy violations. now, to a stark prediction from russia s deputy foreign min minister. the u.s. and russia are on the verge of an open armed conflict. that comes as moscow is blaming washington for directing the drone attack on the kremlin wednesday. washington calls that claim ridiculous. on thursday, ukraine shot down its own malfunctioning drone over kyiv. the air force says there s no casualties. the attack on the kremlin is not the only drone strike in russia
of the kremlin, accusing the u.s. of ordering an assassination of president putin with those two drones. exactly, kim. we heard from the deputy foreign minister, cited by state media. saying the actions they claim were executed by kyiv. the drone strikes were directed at assassinating president putin. these have been divided in washington wag by the u.s. government. that s the claim coming from the kremlin. they say the u.s. has long been directly engaged with ukraine in this war with ukraine. these are strong comments coming from the kremlin. this is something we have heard before. you saw in matthew s reporting the u.s. and ukraine vehemently denying the allegations. the u.s. secretary of state blinken said anything coming from the kremlin should be taken with a large shaker of salt.
there s a report coming from the kremlin saying that the u.s. and russia are coming closer to an open armed conflict. they are working to make sure that point isn t reached. there was communication and dialogue between the two parties at a higher level. words of caution, they are coming from the kremlin. we ve heard from u.s. officials, saying that russia is scaling back its motion on the ground. we talk about the aerial cb bombardment on kyiv, the forces are facing significant challenges on the ground. the current u.s. intelligence assessment is they are facing significant short falls when it comes to man power and ammunition. that s been the last three
ukraine denies. translator: kwe know well tht the decisions about such attacks are not made in kyiv, but in washington. and kyiv does what it is told to do. there s a word that comes to mind that is not appropriate. reporter: u.s. officials are pushing back. i would say he is lying. that s a ludicrous claim. the united states has nothing to do with this. we don t know what happened here. i assure you the united states had no role whatsoever. reporter: ukraine is bracing itself for a further russian response. earlier, russian drones with messages, for moscow and for the kremlin, scrawled on them, were intercepted. all this as ukraine s president is on an unannounced european tour, briefly stopping in the hague in the netherlands, to condemn his russian counterpart. of course, we all want to see
fighters? able to push back russian fiuhters? ~ ~ ., ., , fighters? well, the ukrainians have shown fighters? well, the ukrainians have shown that fighters? well, the ukrainians have shown that they - fighters? well, the ukrainians have shown that they are - have shown that they are capable of doing anything they put their minds to, you know? take a look at kyiv, take a look at what they have done in kherson, and what they are continuing to do in mahmoud. the conditions they have asked for, the rate troops, they are capable of not only pushing the russians back across that 400 miles of disputed area, but they are also capable of taking crimea as well. crimea as well. general, one cuick crimea as well. general, one quick last crimea as well. general, one quick last question, - crimea as well. general, one quick last question, i - crimea as well. general, one quick last question, i want i crimea as well. general, onej quick last question, i want to come back to this drone strike