Jan. 5 (UPI) -- U.S. President Donald Trump said U.S. intelligence had determined that Kremlin claims Ukraine attempted to attack Russian President Vladimir Putin's state residence with drones last week were false.
Speaking to reporters aboard Air Force One on Sunday, Trump said that while the investigation found evidence of something unrelated nearby they did not find that Putin's residence in Novgorod province, some 300 miles northwest of Moscow, was targeted.
"I don't believe that strike happened, now that we've able to check," said Trump, a week after Moscow accused Kyiv of targeting the residence with more than 90 drones and threatened retaliation and consequences for talks aimed at ending the war with Ukraine.
"There is something that happened fairly nearby but had nothing to do with this... nobody knew at that moment. I mean, that was the first I heard about it. He said that his house was attacked," Trump said.
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