Estonia: According to Russian officials, two Ukrainian drones flew directly into Moscow's centre while it was still dark, arriving at the Kremlin just in time to be shot down.

The assertion is shrouded in doubt.

Why was the announcement from the Kremlin made about 12 hours after the alleged incident? Why, despite Russia's crackdown on the media and criticism of the war in Ukraine, did no reports of explosions surface on messaging apps prior to the announcement? Why did videos of the alleged attacks not surface until after the declaration? Why weren't the photos verified?

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The most serious intrusion into Russian airspace since German teenager Matthias Rust touched down his tiny single-engine plane on the outskirts of Red Square in 1987 would be a drone attack on the Kremlin.

By announcing the attack or even staging one, Russia runs the risk of undermining the confidence of its people in its frequent claims of military superiority.

The incident happened less than a week before Victory Day, Russia's most important military holiday, adding to the embarrassment. The embellished viewing stands and tribune for the day's customary Red Square military parade can be clearly seen in some of the videos of the alleged attack.

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The admission that Ukrainian drones had entered the Kremlin could serve as justification for President Vladimir Putin to intensify his attacks against Ukraine. Despite ample evidence to the contrary, Russian officials continue to claim that only military targets are pursued by the military.

Threats directed specifically at Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, who denied attacking the Kremlin, are already in the works as severe retaliation.

After today's terrorist attack, there is only one option left: killing Zelensky and his gang physically, according to Dmitry Medvedev, a former Russian president and vice chairman of the Russian security council.
Vyacheslav Volodin, the head of the influential lower house of parliament, likened the Ukrainian government to the terrorist group Daesh and threatened to demand "the use of weapons capable of destroying it."

According to Russia's nuclear doctrine, the nation may use nuclear weapons in the event of a nuclear attack or a conventional attack that endangers "the very existence" of the Russian state. During the conflict in Ukraine, the West has accused Putin of threatening nuclear war.

But University of St. Andrews strategic studies professor Phillips O'Brien downplayed the likelihood of the alleged Kremlin attack.
You won't declare that we can use nuclear weapons now that a small drone has launched an attack, he said.

Doubts were also expressed by ex-Putin speechwriter and current commentator Abbas Gallyamov.

"If enemy drones reach the Kremlin, it means that any other object on the territory of the European part of Russia is generally defenceless," he claimed. Therefore, I don't think this was a provocative act planned by the Kremlin to sway public opinion.

He remarked on Twitter that it was less certain "whether it shakes Russians' nerves or angers them."

Attacks that have risen sharply in recent weeks, likely from Ukraine or domestic foes, have already frayed Russians' nerves.
This week, bomb explosions in the Bryansk region, which borders Ukraine, caused two goods trains to derrail. It is noteworthy that the regional authorities avoided blaming Ukraine, which may be an effort to cover up Ukrainian sabotage capabilities.

However, in March, officials from Bryansk asserted that two people were shot and killed when alleged Ukrainian saboteurs allegedly infiltrated the area. Additionally, there have been sporadic cross-border shelling incidents in the area, including one in April that claimed four lives.

According to reports, Ukrainian drones have repeatedly entered deep Russian territory. Russia claimed to have shot down drones in December at airfields in the Ryazan and Saratov regions. The attack in Saratov, which was directed at a significant military airfield, reportedly resulted in the deaths of three soldiers.

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A Ukrainian drone had earlier been reported shot down by Russia after it had targeted Sevastopol, the capital of the Crimean peninsula that Russia has annexed.
Additionally, two well-known proponents of Russia's conflict in Ukraine were assassinated on their own soil. 

A car bomb outside of Moscow killed Darya Dugina, a commentator for a nationalist TV network, and officials blamed Ukraine for the attack. A bomb hidden inside a statuette that prominent pro-war blogger Vladlen Tatarsky was given at a party in April killed him, according to authorities, who also claimed Ukrainian intelligence was responsible.