Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Putin was at his residence on the outskirts of Moscow in Nova Ugariova, unharmed. The Russian presidency considered the attack an attempt to assassinate Putin.

No party has yet determined where the drones came from, but given the nature and size of the explosion, various analyses suggested that the drones were launched from inside Moscow from close range, which is difficult for radars to detect. The hypothesis of launching from outside the borders remains possible, but small, according to analysts.