ah ah, ukrainian drones target the kremlin, what moscow called the attempted assassination of vladimir putin? there are some presidents, wasn't inside his residence during the strike, which was repelled by electronic defenses, and potential remains unchanged, as according to the spokesman ponders care. it denies responsibility of the attack, the coming says russia retains the right to retaliate any time. and as it sees fit with you're watching on the international, almost been another very busy news day with one story of course, dominating the headlines. but as peter scott,

i'm ravia joining us from welcome to the program. we started out with breaking news on r c. the company says ukraine launch drone strikes on the residence of president putin in moscow. in the early hours of wednesday, russian officials say true to drones were down by electronic air defenses inside the crumbling walls, with no casualties or damage on the ground. or the ukrainian officials say they know nothing about the attack and have denied any responsibility. is what else moscow to say to unmanned aerial vehicles where ain't and the kremlin as a result of timely actions taken by the military and special services with the use of electronic counter measures. the aircraft were disabled. the mapleton was not inside his residence during the attack, which the criminal has called a terrorist eyes, and an attempted assassination of the russian president over his postman said that 15 shadow remains unchanged, is alt eagles done with mol. right now of course we have reaction pouring in, but to just briefly take you through as to what happened or at around half past 2

in the night there was an explosion over the russian kremlin and moscow. and well, it is, of course, one of the most well defended and protected compounds in the world. and so that late in the day we've learned from the official kremlin press service, who have said that there were 2 unmanned aerial vehicles headed towards the well, the heart of moscow really. and there one was shot down on its way and the other one was shot down just above the infrastructure of the kremlin. you can see that the video and unmanned aerial vehicle quite large, unlikely to be a commercial item. it flies past the red walls of the kremlin and then explodes right next to the russian flag over one of the domes. the criminal has already revealed that while nobody got injured, that there were no casualties, again, no injured and that there was no damage dealt to the criminal infrastructure which here, i mean, it indicates that the drone did not reach the intended target because it was again

what looks like it was shot, mid air and even the, the, the massive clock on the spot scare tao, if it hit that, that would have been well a massive p r victory to ukraine. this video is, is well, it is difficult to watch too, for anybody who's patriotic here in russia. but again, there was no damage and no casualties dealt by this explosion, of course, firmly as a immediately blamed ukraine for organizing this attack. and they have cited the intelligence information that they have, that it was cave who was behind and who was marked, who masterminded this attack. and they called it in his and an assassination attempt at the russian president who wasn't present at the time in the kremlin. but brother was in his residence in nova got over, you, crane, in turn has stepped forward and the advice to the ukranian president and his soon press secretary, they have said that,

well they have nothing to do with it. and that with it was likely a sleeper cell in russia have, listen, we have no information regarding the so called night attacks on the kremlin. but as president laskey has repeatedly stated, ukraine directs all available forces to liberate its own territories, not to attack foreign was 1st of all ukraine wages and exclusively defends it war and does not attack targets on the territory of the russian federation. what for this doesn't solve any military issue. the emergence of unidentified unmanned aerial vehicles at energy facilities or in gremlins territory can only indicate that grill activities of local resistance forces in a word. something is happening in russian federation, but definitely without ukraine's drones over the kremlin. while, despite the claim that he makes that ukraine is waging a defensive war, that it has no interest in attacking the criminal. this is simply not true. lately, ukrainian channels have been spreading a fake video of a drone flying over the red square claiming it was their f. p. v drone 1st person

view drone. ah, that video was fake. in fact, it was taken out of a video on youtube published years ago. and that turned out to be simply force and indeed there have been calls of from are some very powerful people in ukraine and promises of riches and money effectively. there was a bounty offered to anybody who manages to fly and well to to detonate a drone over the kremlin. well around victory day have a lesson again. oh boy. luma. though green's good the letter do you think ukrainians will fly to moscow? ah, just as probably a key is the key, i think that it is a necessary moment. that is that the 9th of may is a very good moment because i read that putin is planning a parade on red square. and there will be a lot of vehicles that is they will be as that say, very legitimate military targets. and i think the whole community making drones, we should really make a holiday for them. so indeed,

it is very telling of the timing here, because russia celebrates the 1st of may. as the one for union, de russia has a big, massive festival on the 9th of may upcoming. and while this attack did not happen on the date, it is certainly falls within the so called may holidays, which is something that of that it's called in russia. it falls within this frame within this window. and certainly it is, it is quite symbolic. now this is the 1st time that said that the russia has accused ukraine of carrying out such attacks. what other examples of the been, will absolutely accused and has paid 0 attention to ukraine will beam, and he denying a having anything to do with it. so, ukraine's denials, they don't really play any role here in terms of how moscow might respond to this. now of course, the biggest attacks that have happened, probably one of the biggest happened almost exactly a month ago. that was the assassination of a, a russian walker respondent. flatland petoskey, who was, it was his and he was,

it was his night in st. petersburg, a bunch of his followers and his fans. they came out to listen to him are publicly making a public speaker speech making a public address in one of the cafes in saint pete said there was a i. e. d was carried into the place or into the venue and it detonated shortly afterwards. last year. in august, her daddy, a dog in a russian journalist and political activist for she was murdered as well assassinated. i have to say because it was a car bombing a were an explosive device, was put under the hood of her vehicle and are well she was killed as a result. also, of course, what it all started was the explosion on the crimean bridge, which rendered a part of the bridge useless. and i'd had, it basically was rendered an operable a to a degree. so russia blame ukraine for that as well. again, the ukranian special services, they denied any allegations, but again,

most school retaliated heavily on the big crime in bridge was the point of no return. and that was when brushes. now miss all started to target ukraine's critical military and energy infrastructure in a bid to well to stop the flow of fuel and bid to paralyze the logistics from the ukranian army on the front. but i mean, there isn't a whole area of smaller attacks in cross, not in the regions of russia that a neighboring the was own in ukraine. they had, there have been attacks against the railroad system of russia, attacks against fuel storage facilities in crimea, in sebastopol. so all sorts of things, if we were to talk about some of the more remote attacks, because this one, what happened here in moscow is certainly one of those. and i mean, of course, the, the chances that this drone crossed to more than 600 kilometers all the way from the front line to the russian kremlin, it is, i'd say it's quite minuscule,

but we'll have to see what experts have to say about this. but the ukraine, the ukranian, ukrainian, the u a these, they have tried to attack brushes, a long range ation, instead of for instance, also they have tried to attack collude, i mean, we have to show a map really for a foreign viewer to understand as to where that is, but it is also hundreds of kilometers away from the russian border with ukraine, from the russian border with the then that's kind of guns, republics. and indeed, lately the ukrainians, they have indeed stepped up these attacks that because what if there's one thing that i can agree with the advisor to the ukranian president. these attacks face of 0 mil, military purpose, which shows how desperate they are for p. r. for good pictures, how, how eager they are to how much they are in need of painting a picture of victory. and basically just hyping up the counter offensive that have

been teasing for quite a while. we discussed the topic with military experts, alexander st. upon of who speculates it all my, the drones could have come from this floor now not much. it is possible that these drones were assembled in nearby territories, including the moscow region. but on the other hand, the video shows that it was a fairly large device with the wing span of about 2.5 to 3 meters. it is possible that they were the very kamikaze attack drones that the ukrainian defense industry, the main manufacture of the military industrial complex of ukraine, announced at the end of last year. it is quite possible that these drones could cross most of the territory of the russian federation due to the fact that today it is difficult for almost all air defense systems to detect drones. they fly at very low altitudes and can move along preset coordinates without emitting any radiation . they're made as inconspicuous as possible to avoid interception and radar.

therefore, there may be different possibilities. the drones could have been delivered in some way to a nearby territory. this is the easiest option for maximum effect of use as well as assembly. but the question is, how were the explosives that were placed in the drones deliver? there could be a similar scheme to the one used in crimea attack where explosives were delivered through other states. and it is quite possible that the components for these drones were brought on to the territory of the russian federation. in other ways. let's cross live now 2 political analysts, jackie shondae, who's joining us from durban in south africa. jackie, thanks very much, finding the time to speak to us. first of all, i just want to get your initial reaction to the drone attack on the kremlin. oh, they phoned me according to the us, archie, where we were all caught by surprise and shock. especially those of us who

are suitable for the outside chance offer some peace treaty, some peaceful resolution to to, to this car. so this is a huge psychological and more of a setback because he actually suggests that ukraine is committed to, to wall a host to explore a workable a solution. so it is a huge disappointment for peace people. well, i think it goes in favor of those who advise ukraine training media against signing the peace treaty or quite a while back. so i think that's the major we for the west and military industrial

complex and a huge course of course, full issue and jerry purposes and just he says, to put it in the region and in the want a war that in many ways, many channels. now, a particular diplomatically that basically involves a huge channel. we have to say that ukraine denies any responsibility or even any knowledge of this drone incidence. obviously, the criminal has pointed the finger ukraine, though, how do you expect russia will respond to this? he has said that it reserves the right to respond, how in the 5th and when it sees fit, looked at it. it's a, it's a huge patch of aggression, military aggression that cannot be just wished away that kind of the law august, the russia good to 1st and foremost,

just reinforce each phone security a system and play in the kremlin and sound. but of course, i mean i text it is a known facts into miniature sites that are check is this form of defense. so i said the world must great, it's up for a really possible sort of a more school retaliation we should be. well, you know, the norms of wall, i mean, especially seeing that the most narrative possibly the most important and symbolic and strategic sort of plays a sort of rushing. so certainly it might be shocking to see force response and reaction to this very shocking. and unfortunately,

it aggression terrorism on the part of the great what's the impact? do you think that this incident will have when it comes to the battlefield on the situation? on the front lines? i think her, of course, her russian soldiers, russian soldiers more to tend to hard course on your credit. so i, so that to bring us erected and to the concept as it exists, you know, that it's just a few more military activities and on the ground. and no doubt about that. seeing that this was something that basically was who i was seeing. no one would've expected such an act on the part

of the crew. so obviously it in some ways a sort of way colon to say that the mission must as soon as possible to hold any further sort of aggression crane. busy and especially because one never knows what kind of impacts, what, when it would come way back to it and what, how would you call the charges, those kinds of things. so from was calling to view, this would only need that for those who are wanting on the ground must be judged by the efforts to basic it much to be true as soon as well given given the situation. 5 at the moment, do you think it's likely that the drone did come from ukraine, or is it more likely that instead of crossing the,

the couple 100 kilometers it is to the border that is actually launched from within side russian territory? a which i like it any mark or see that there will be or she will citizen that perhaps doesn't favor the gun day. maybe because they belong to a position but not for you way. this is very rare that citizens would launch such a check on their own role with the territory of the nation. so i think that really makes sense to, you know, take a believe that it's a source of the job is ukraine,

which has no obvious reason why most whole or to be very want to. busy the presidential suite at the presidential palace, one of the russian government because of the ongoing training nation where you create a has again denied any involvement in the sy jackie under physical analyst in durban. south africa, thanks very much for your thoughts on those don't attacks on the coming on may the 3rd march world press freedom day on the us state department has lost a program to assist in this around the globe administrator for the nations agency for international development. samantha powers and just the media on the topic. we recognize the importance as a governance means of having free media doing their work all around the world. and

we try to support it as the united states. or the program called reports as shield aims to provide legal assistance and coverage, of course expenses for journalists outside the u. s. you may be targeted by their governments. eligible media outlets must pay an annual fee to be supported by the program and meet certain criteria over the launch of the program. how spots a polarizing reaction among americans? excellent, new opportunity for julian assange and wikileaks to apply for us funding to help their media organization survive law fair from the us government. journalism must be defended from legal threats, meant to silence critical voices instead of championing free speech. the u. s. actively persecutes journalists and whistleblowers. i'll pardon brave truth tellers like julian assange and investigate the corruption in crimes they expose. it's only ok to imprison journalists when the u. s. government does it free assange with the

same time gillian assange? obviously one of the most well known news publishers in the world is facing of a 175 years in an american prison. a sanchez, the founder of the wikileaks websites, which published classified information regarding us war crimes in iraq and afghanistan. now says, yes, regulators on the european counterparts wage war against russian media parties. sputnik and many of the russian media outlets have been banned in the us, as well as europe since the start of the war in ukraine. american officials have underlined the importance of fighting so called russian propaganda urging the shutting down of its media channels around the world. which is for ministry spokeswoman commented on the issue on the west attitude towards russian. gymnast, well, they didn't let us go get no music. it just this just some kind of more crayon, a slate, the united nations general assembly. this out of may freedom of the press unesco, drawing attention to the problem, and all these am and the refusal to issue these is to russian journalist who has sent to the united nations all his amad, many as of harassments,

of one of the world. sladen investigative journalists, june in the sanchez, we're an oldest against anti bullying of any media which doesn't fit into the global chand that unites a number of media representatives of the collective. wes, there she don't. fits ain't our black tower. she crest out persecuted. let's now discuss this with simon a table chief white's house correspondence at the day. news africa. thanks very much for joining us this evening here. nazi, i'm la for thought a full day. we'll get your thoughts on this program. a good thing for the freedom of press. yes, atlanta journal. it should be protected all over the place in the u, as in cameron in russia, nigeria, everywhere you know, you have haunt as of july. these were the din. now 67 o ma have been killed dca alone, and so they need to be protected, but our protection has to include him even here in the us. and you know,

i have found it difficult to do my job, even in the white house. the white house is still a place where we have more freedom into you as done in most countries around the world. but he's not perfect. what, what, what's your personal experience been covering the white house of you if you struggled and just to get information you need the yes. so he's been, nick's been able to do my job passionately, but i was to face you know, i be sidelined for just acts in questions and you know is unfortunate because the us is the most advanced country in the world in terms of press freedom and the u. s . has the 1st amendment in prison and they stayed many few minutes. they go the thing that journalism is night crime and i fully agree with him. but even in the way, how you can be challenging if, if you do that, i think if you actually write question and publication focuses on trend in ties

between us and africa. and so i'm not, you know, i'm just trying to do my job and i've seen that even here in the white house, you can be difficult and challenging and challenging even for journalists like myself to do make up and does way on the day continue to con, on people to put their journalists around to and to prefer me particularly to do my job in the us anyway, i find myself because democracy depends on, you know, a free press. well, the latest us aid reports a sealed program. and i was designed specifically for non american media outlets. do you think the americans also focus on its freedom oppress within itself? i think, you know, at, i'm comfortable enough being in the us. i have enough resources to be able to do my

job in terms of money, in terms of the basic protection that people generally don't have. but even here, you know, some journals were unable to do the job and you know, to focus you last. so be here at home, and i won't be on the, on julian, i thought because i've been calling for the least for a long time. most people here believed julian, as 5, should be free. he should be released because all he did was to, you know, share the truth and janet journalism is night. crime has been done by them said they need to go and join us back into anything was done. you know, just said it was talking about journalists now, the white house claims that the american journalist of on guest of which goes to college, excuse me, who works the wall street journal. he was arrested in russia on espinoza's charges, and he's been detained unlawfully also the u. s. says in the war region also denies

that he's working as a spy here in russia, considering the serious charges against him. well, she'll take on the washington the assessment from washington before he's even had a chance to stand trial. so i believe they should be released. i believe, july around the world should not be detained for doing the job. i, i don't know, you know, that he's a journalist and washington d. c. people believe they was in rush, had to, in his job and i believe, july around the world, including those in russia should be able to do, do the job and he should be released. and similar thought, the topic, the head of this funnel off. see it's in chief margarita simon young, as provoked and proposed to exchanging of on good coverage of poll whelan and the bloody man car mother behind her boss in russia for julie nathan's. here's a waiting extradition to the us from britain. what's your take on that proposal?

do you think marguerite seminar will be taken off on it? i don't, i don't really. i don't have a personal take on that. but i believe that journalist including did was to july july they should be free. i believe that we should be able to do our job, right, because we don't free press. we don't john mean, you know, you don't have democracy. you have dictators who stand for long. and i am an advocate of the free press around the world in africa. the european, russia, and even the u. s. and you don't, i believe that every continue to do our job. if we can't interesting the truth, who'd be able to have more peace and even, and the war in you can. and i don't have an opinion on what you actually did, not issue the freight and be free to do the job any way to find them. so indeed, simon, a table chief whitehouse correspondence. today news africa,

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