Russia assured today that it will not introduce martial law in the country for the moment after the drone attack on Moscow, while it studies retaliatory measures against Ukraine, whose main partners have been divided on whether the Russian territory far from the front should be a military objective. in the war.
“We will think calmly and coherently about how to deal with this”Kremlin spokesman Dmitri Peskov said today, the day after the Russian capital suffered its first massive attack with drones and after “hawks” such as the head of the Wagner mercenary group, Yevgeny Prigozhin, or the Chechen leader, Ramzan Kadyrov, called for harshness in the Russian response and even the imposition of martial law in the country.
Kadyrov considered that the Russian authorities, which Ukraine has been blamed for the “terrorist attack” in Moscowthey should declare martial law in the country “and use all combat resources to wipe out this entire (Ukrainian) terrorist cell once and for all.”
The Ukrainian government today advised Kadyrov to “take personal revenge on Moscow and (Russian President Vladimir) Putin, and not threaten Ukraine.”
“It was not the Ukrainians who razed Grozny with its peaceful inhabitants with tanks. It was the Russian tanks. The Chechen people remember this, and for those who forgottime to remember!” Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine Oleksiy Danilov tweeted.
In any case, Peskov stressed today, the imposition of martial law “is entirely the prerogative of the highest federal authority. No decisions have been made and there are no discussions about it.”
THE KREMLIN TRIES TO REASSURE THE RUSSIANS
He tried to reassure citizens who have been concerned that the war has reached the heart of Russia, stating that the Russian authorities “will continue work to improve the anti-aircraft defense system.”
Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin admitted that “several families went to psychologists” offered by the City Council immediately after the attack, which caused minor damage to some buildings and it caused evacuations of the residents of three portals of one in particular, in the southwest of the city.
The Kremlin lamented the lack of Western condemnation of the attack. “We would certainly like to hear some words of condemnation,” Peskov said, not only regarding the capital, where civilian infrastructure has been affected, but also regarding the ongoing shelling of Russia’s Belgorod region.
The governor of this province, Viacheslav Gladkov, denounced today that at least four people were injured in a Grad rocket attack against the city of Shebékino. There was also one injured on the outskirts of the village of Bogun-Gorodok by shells.
BELGOROD EVACUATES MINORS DUE TO BOMBING
Given the worsening situation in the region, the governor announced the evacuation to the city of Voronezh (some 200 kilometers from the border with Ukraine) of the first 330 children from Shebékino and Graivorono, the latter district where last day 22 Russian paramilitaries fighting on the side of kyiv carried out an armed assault.
“We are really concerned about the alarming situation there, where the shelling of civilian targets continues,” said Peskov, who also noted that, so far, “no Western country has spoken its words of condemnation.”
UNITED KINGDOM and USA, DIVIDED AND RUSSIA ANGRY
Russia was especially angry today with the UK’s reaction to the attack on Moscow.
London is one of the western partners that has provided the most military aid to Ukraineincluding long-range Storm Shadows missiles.
“Ukraine has a legitimate right to defend itself. It has a legitimate right to do so within its own borders, of course, but it also has a right to project force beyond its borders to undermine Russia’s ability to project force into Ukraine itself. “British Foreign Secretary James Cleverly said yesterday.
Russian Security Council Vice President Dmitry Medvedev warned in response that senior British officials could be considered a “legitimate military target” as the UK is waging an “undeclared war” against Russia.
“It is a direct incitement to what the Kiev terrorists are doing,” Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said in Mozambique.
Faced with the determined support of London, Washington was more restrained.
The White House spokeswoman, Karine-Jean Pierre, said yesterday, Tuesday, that, in general, the US “does not support attacks inside Russia.”