Kremlin reacts to Ukrainian official's words about drones in Russia

Dmitry Peskov, Press Secretary of the Russian President, has stated that the Kremlin does not believe the words of Mykhailo Podoliak, Adviser to the Head of the Office of President of Ukraine, who said that Ukraine did not attack Russia with drones.

Source: Russians Kremlin-aligned news outlet RIA Novosti

Quote from Peskov: "We do not believe him [Podoliak – ed.]"

Background: 

• On 1 March, Mykhailo Podoliak, Adviser to the Head of the Office of President of Ukraine, stated that Ukraine does not carry out attacks on the territory of Russia – it is how he responded to the Russians’ accusations of Ukraine allegedly striking Russian regions with UAVs. 
• On the night of 27-28 February, explosions rocked the Russian city of Tuapse in Krasnodar Krai, followed by a fire at a Rosneft oil refinery. News outlets reported that it was an attack of UAVs. 
• An unidentified aircraft crashed in Adygea, in the Southern Federal District of Russia, the head of the republic said. There was a large fire in the Temryutsky district.
• On 28 February, 200 square kilometres of the airspace were closed in the Russian city of Saint Petersburg, and the local Pulkovo Airport stopped accepting planes for landing after an unidentified flying object was detected over the city.
• Later, the Russian Ministry of Defence reported that the airspace over Saint Petersburg had been closed because they were conducting "air defence training".

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