putin. the bbc has verified this video. this video showing the moment the drones hit the building. on the left hand side that small hand object coming into view and then that explosion. and we have an update on this. we have been on social media hearing from ex president of russia, dmitry medvedev saying, in that post on social media, that the alleged overnight drone attack on the kremlin left moscow with no options but to, quote, eliminate ukrainian president zelensky and his clique in kyiv. the latest response have their so far. our correspondent will vernon has been monitoring events from moscow. the statement from the kremlin saying that ukraine used two drones to attack the kremlin building last night saying that russian forces managed to bring those forces down and that there were no injuries and that the president himself was unhurt although they did say that this was in assassination attempt on putin s life. it is not actually clear what actually happened but those vi
believe it was an assassination attempt on president putin. let s take you straight to these videos claiming to show the attack. this is the moment of the explosion coming up the moment of the explosion coming up now. there it is. that is circulating on social media. it appears to be a drone flying in from the left hand side before that explosion. we can t be sure of course. this is unverified footage at the moment. here is the drum from another angle, again not verified. shortly you will see the smoke coming up. according to our teams the videos do appear to be taken at the videos do appear to be taken at the time and location claimed. ukraine has denied carrying out any attack and claims russia is using this accusation as a cover to launch an attack. earlier i spoke to wil vernon in our moscow bureau and i were russia editor at bbc monitoring. started by asking will what exactly the russian authorities have said. the what exactly the russian authorities have said. , ., ., h
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