Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on May 3 that Russia’s accusation that Ukraine tried to assassinate Russian President Vladimir Putin by trying to strike the Kremlin should be taken “with a very large shaker of salt.”
In a conversation with The Washington Post’s David Ignatius, Blinken said he has “seen the reports,” but “can’t in any way validate them” as “we simply don’t know.”
Blinken went on to say, “I would take anything coming out of the Kremlin with a very large shaker of salt.
“So, let’s see, we’ll see what the facts are. And it’s really hard to comment or speculate on this without really knowing what the facts are….