US denies being in charge of the Moscow drone attack
A day after accusing Ukraine of carrying out the alleged attack, Mr Putin's spokesman said it had been done with Washington's support.
US National Security spokesman John Kirby called it a "ludicrous claim".
Ukraine has said it had nothing to do with the alleged attack. Mr Putin was not in the building at the time.
Ukraine has accused Moscow of staging the incident to escalate the war.
Even though Russian attacks have continued unabated - 21 people were killed on Wednesday in the Kherson region in the south - there is no sign yet of an intensification on Moscow's part. However, on Sunday evening a drone was shot down over the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv, not too far from the presidential office.
According to President Putin's spokesman, the attack on the Kremlin - a large government complex in central Moscow - occurred early on Wednesday. Footage on social media showed smoke rising over the complex. A second video showed a small explosion above the site's Senate building, while two men appear to clambered up the dome.
On Thursday, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said the US was "undoubtedly" behind the alleged attack, without providing evidence.
"Decisions on such attacks are not made in Kyiv, but in Washington," Mr Peskov said.
In his response, Mr Kirby told US media: "Peskov is just lying there, pure and simple."
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