Day 435 of the Invasion of Ukraine: Russia has accused the US of being behind the Drone Attack on the Kremlin

Day 435 of the invasion of Ukraine. Summary of key events in the last 24 hours:

• Russia has accused the US of being behind the alleged drone attack on the Kremlin
• The Kremlin building, over which two drones exploded, houses Putin's apartment and offices
• Air alert in Kyiv and a number of other areas in eastern Ukraine
• The Russian military sent 15 Shahed drones to Odesa, most of them were destroyed
• A drone attack caused a fire at an oil refinery in Russia
• Zelensky: We did not attack the Kremlin or Putin, we defend our villages and cities
• Medvedev: No option left other than elimination of Zelensky
• Yevgeny Prigozhin: The Ukrainian counter-offensive has begun, I expect its active phase within days

Russia has accused the US of being behind the alleged drone attack on the Kremlin

Russia has accused the United States of being behind an alleged drone attack on the Kremlin that Moscow says was aimed at killing President Vladimir Putin, Reuters reported.

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov made the claim at a briefing with reporters, saying Washington must be aware that Russia knows it is picking targets and Ukraine is simply carrying out US plans. Peskov did not provide any evidence to support the claim of US intervention.

Ukraine denied involvement in the incident in the early hours of Wednesday. Video footage showed two flying objects approaching the Kremlin. One of them exploded.

"Attempts to deny this both in Kyiv and in Washington, of course, are absolutely ridiculous. We know very well that the...