Satellite imagery shows Vladimir Putin's residential complex in Roshchino, Novgorod Region, Russia, August 31, 2023. 2025 PLANET LABS PBC/VIA REUTERS
The European Union's top diplomat accused Russia on Wednesday, December 31, of pushing "unfounded claims" that Ukraine fired drones at a residence of President Vladimir Putin, branding the allegation a "deliberate distraction" from peace efforts. "Moscow aims to derail real progress toward peace by Ukraine and its Western partners," EU foreign affairs chief Kaja Kallas wrote on X.
Russia's defense ministry published a video on Wednesday of a downed drone that it said Ukraine launched at President Vladimir Putin's residence in northwest Russia this week – a claim Kyiv has branded a "lie."
Moscow made the allegation shortly after Ukraine's leader Volodymyr Zelensky held talks with US President Donald Trump in Florida and Kyiv has called it a "fabrication" intended to "manipulate" the peace process.
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