Russia said on Thursday that the United States was behind an alleged drone attack on the Kremlin aiming to kill President Vladimir Putin, and air raid sirens sounded again in Kyiv as darkness fell following attacks the previous night.
Reuters witnesses heard gunfire and repeated heavier explosions near the centre of Kyiv. Residents who made their way to air raid shelters told Reuters they saw drones in the air.
White House national security spokesperson John Kirby said Peskov was "just lying" and that the United States neither encouraged nor enabled Ukraine to strike outside its borders. Peskov said an urgent investigation was under way and that any response would be carefully considered and balanced. In total, air defenses shot down 18 of 24 "kamikaze" drones in the pre-dawn attack, officials said. Of 15 drones fired at Odesa, 12 were downed but three struck the university campus, the southern military command said.
The ICC in March issued an arrest warrant for Putin for suspected deportation of children from Ukraine.
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