EU urges Russia not to escalate conflict in Ukraine over attack on Kremlin

At the same time, statements about possible drone strikes on targets in Moscow were heard more than once from Kiev and the West, including from high-ranking officials and the military. Ukraine’s National Security and Defense Council Secretary Oleksiy Danilov in March published a photo of Matthias Rust, the German pilot who had landed on Red Square in 1987, adding a caption to it about “Ukrainian drone swarm.” The head of Ukrainian military intelligence, Kirill Budanov, said in April that Ukrainian drones had reached Moscow and beyond. Anton Gerashchenko, adviser to the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine, released a video in 2015 from a drone flying over the Kremlin, saying that the Kremlin has “every chance to be in the affected area”. The Washington Post also wrote about threats to strike, citing classified documents that got into the network. While the newspaper stated that Budanov was planning to attack Moscow and Novorossiysk on February 24 this year, Washington allegedly demanded their postponement.