Russian state TV did not show the footage of the drone strike on the Kremlin amid muted coverage of the attack that prompted top Russian officials to call for Volodymyr Zelensky’s assassination.
Prime time news programmes on Channel One, Rossiya 1 and NTV on Wednesday night all ran terse reports on the attack but used archive shots of Red Square instead of one of the multiple CCTV videos showing the suspected Ukrainian drone hitting the Kremlin’s Senate Palace.
KREMLIN DRONE ATTACK
– Russia says two Ukrainian drones attacked Kremlin overnight
– Drones downed with no victims or material damage to the Kremlin
– Moscow says it was a terrorist attack and attempt on Putin’s life
– Russia says it reserves right to respond when and how it… pic.twitter.com/loZA6c3Fvd
— The Spectator Index (@spectatorindex) May 3, 2023
