i have seen the reports. i can t in any way validate them. we simply don t know. second, i would take anything coming out of the kremlin with a very large shaker of salt. brian: so how much trouble that s where we stand. but, dan, how much trouble are they in economically? we know about the wall street journal s story that got that reporter arrested, probably. how much harder it is on them. buff, are they being prond up to the extent that they can withstand a longer war? i think the estimates right now is that russia can carry on the war economically. at least for another year. and, look, one of the things we have been saying on this network is that sanctions would never deter russia from launching the attack in the first place. nor would it have an appreciable impact on russia s capability to fight the war. they have relied, to some extent, on iran for drones and on north korea for artillery, but they are carrying on the fight. what has limited russia s
Policy institutes vice chairman fred. fred great to have you. good to be here. let s play what some of the top officials in washington today say about this today. i would take anything coming out of the kremlin with a very large shaker of salt. do we know what was the source of this? i know the russians have accused the ukranian government directly. could have been some other kind of rogue entity or false flag operation. how do you assess it fred? mike i was discussing this with a fox journalist who thought this definitely was not an assassination attempt unless fools were behind it. this was clumsy. the drones weren t going to do significant damage to the drens of the incredible lynn. it s well known that putin doesn t stay in this pham and wasn t there when this attack was staged. maybe it was conducted by ruks insurgents but i think there s a
Of a local telegram channel that posted the video. this next video shows the senate palace dome with fire clearly visible, and then this shows an object flying in from the right. again, we see an explosion. russia says all of this was a planned terrorist act and an assassination attempt on the president, but has provided no evidence to back that up. ukraine says it is all staged by russia. as for vladimir putin, the kremlin says he wasn t there at the time of the incident and these pictures from reuters on wednesday showed the dome looking undamaged. and while we try to work out what exactly it is these videos show, both sides say the other carried it out. the reaction in the west has been to urge caution on any russian claims. us secretary of state antony blinken said he would take anything the russia presidency said with a very large shaker of salt . the white house press secretary pointedly avoided inflamatory language. since the beginning of this
We fight on our territory. we are defending our villages and cities. we don t have, you know, enough weapons for this. in daylight, there was no obvious signs of damage to the kremlin, but lots of questions still. who launched the drones? with what aim? was this an internal operation, or even a false flag event? whatever narrative moscow pursues, the united states has urged caution. first, i ve seen the reports. i can t in any way validate them. we simply. we simply don t know. second, i would take anything coming out of the kremlin with a very large shaker of salt. last weekend, russia accused ukraine of launching a drone strike on a fuel depot in russian occupied crimea. days later, bombs detonated and derailed two freight trains in a part of russia near the ukrainian border.
They could then claim they need to retaliate. i don t think we know who did it. i think we do know that it was not an assassination attempt for two reasons. one, you are looking at it. we are watching the video right now, right? that drone is not capable of exploding the building it is attacking. and number two, putin does not live there. this attack took place at two or three a. m. in the morning. he s out at his residence, he s outside of town. he s been there a few times. he does not live there. so, the notion that the russians are claiming this is an assassination attempt that we know is not true. today, secretary of state antony blinken spoke with the washington post s david ignatius about this claim from the kremlin. and i want you to watch this. i ve seen the reports. i can t in any way validate them. we simply don t know. secondly, i would take anything coming out of the kremlin with a very large shaker of salt.
The u.s. state department says it has been unable to verify the video s authenticity. another video was also released later in the day. as mentioned neither nbc news has verified the claims russia said happen. secretary blinken to take anything out of moscow, quote, with a very large shaker of salt. ukrainian officials deny having anything to do with the attack. an advisor to president volodymyr zelenskyy countered the accusations soon after they began circulating saying a drone attack into the heart of moscow would not resolve any military tasks and that russia s claims are in preparation for a terrorist provocation. zelenskyy himself later denied the attack. meanwhile, there have been reports of explosions this morning in kyiv and other ukrainian cities. reuters cites ukrainian media reporting attacks in odesa and
And there will be calls for the battered military, to find a way they escalate. ukrainian president zelensky on a trip to finland issued a flat denial. we don t attack putin or moscow. we are defending our villages and cities. we don t have enough weapon for this. reporter: the u.s. is not convinced. i would take anything coming out of the kremlin with a very large shaker of salt. reporter: fear of russian reprisals rising again in ukraine, where bombings do happen, every day and night. over a dozen dead this day in a recently liberated kherson. tension mounting here ahead of an expected ukrainian counteroffensive. from friday, there s a 58-hour curfew, nobody comes out of
Who launched the drones? with what aim? was this an internal operation, or even a false flag event? whatever narrative moscow pursues, the united states has urged caution. first, i ve seen the reports. i can t in any way validate them. we simply. we simply don t know. second, i would take anything coming out of the kremlin with a very large shaker of salt. last weekend, russia accused ukraine of launching a drone strike on a fuel depot in russian occupied crimea. days later, bombs detonated and derailed two freight trains in a part of russia near the ukrainian border. citing security concerns, several russian regions have now cancelled military parades planned for may the 9th victory day when russians mark the defeat of nazi germany. for now, the kremlin continues to insist that the big red square
We on our territory. we are defending our villages and cities. ashley: this as ukraine launched defense forces earlier today shooting down 18 of 24 drones believed to be launched by russia. u.s. officials are warning to take everything the kremlin says with very large shaker of salt. now, the brother of chief s quarterback patrick mahomes is facing charges for aggravated sexual battery. jackson mahomes was arrested jed for an incident that happened back in february. the owner of a kansas restaurant says mahomes forcibly kissed her multiple times even as she tried pushing him away. the 22-year-old suspect who denied the allegations back in march was quickly released on $100,000 bond. mahomes will appear in court next thursday. and those are your headlines, guys,. all right. thank you, ashley. you are welcome. we have a fox news alert. this morning the suspect accused of opening fire in the atlanta medical center now in custody after killing a woman and injuring four others.
The building. it added that putin was not at the kremlin at the time, nor was anyone injured. the state department said it has been unable to verify the video s authenticity. neither nbc news or any other source has verified what russia says happened. secretary of state anthony blinken said to take anything out of russia with a, quote, very large shaker of salt. ukrainian officials denied the attack. an adviser to president volodymyr zelenskyy said russia s claims are in preparation for a terrorist provocation. zelenskyy himself denied the attack later in the day. david ignatius, new york times writes on the front page, kyiv denied any involvement in an incident that could raise the already high stakes in europe s biggest conflict since world war ii. just a couple days ago, we were talking about how putin had nowhere to go. is this a false flag that actually gives him a second wind? the honest answer is we don t know. but anybody who looks at the