Drone attack on Moscow: US disapproves, UK supports Ukraine's right to defend itself

This was stated by British Foreign Secretary James Cleverly, Sky News reports.

According to him, Kyiv has a legitimate right to defend itself.

"It has the legitimate right to do so within its own borders of course, but it does also have the right to project force beyond its borders to undermine Russia's ability to project force into Ukraine itself," the minister said.

Cleverly noted that legitimate military targets abroad are part of Ukraine's self-defence.

"We should recognise that," he said.

A White House spokesman said that the United States is still collecting data on Tuesday morning's drone strikes in Moscow and does not approve of attacks on Russian territory, Reuters reports.

"(The United States - ed.) is focused on providing Ukraine with the equipment and training they need to retake their own sovereign territory," the White House spokesperson said, adding that Russia attacked Ukraine's capital 17 times in May.

• The Kremlin has accused Ukraine of launching a drone attack on Moscow on the morning of 30 May. Ukraine denies any involvement in the incident. Ukraine’s Presidential Office said that "the drones want to return to their creators".

• Everything said about the Russian drone attack should be treated with scepticism. Drone attacks on Moscow have occurred before. This one might not even be the most important

• Vladyslav Selezniov, military expert, colonel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, spokesman for the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in 2014-2017, recalled that in 1999 the Russian FSB organized a number of terrorist attacks in Russia