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Russia said connected Thursday it had recovered and decoded information from a Ukrainian drone changeable down earlier this week, which it claimed showed the drone was targeting a Russian statesmanlike residence.
Moscow said it would stock the applicable accusation with the United States."Decryption of routing information revealed that the last people of the Ukrainian drone onslaught connected December 29, 2025, was a installation astatine the Russian Presidential Residence successful the Novgorod region. These materials volition beryllium transferred to the American broadside done the established channels," Russia's defence ministry said done a station connected Telegram. The CIA earlier rejected Moscow’s assertion astir the alleged attack, US officials said. They added that CIA Director John Ratcliffe briefed US President Donald Trump connected the appraisal connected Wednesday.Moscow connected Monday accused Kyiv of attempting to onslaught a residence of President Vladimir Putin successful Russia’s bluish Novgorod portion utilizing 91 long-range drones. It said the incidental would beryllium taken into relationship portion reviewing its negotiating presumption successful ongoing US-backed talks to extremity the Ukraine war.
Trump initially voiced sympathy for Russia’s claim, telling reporters connected Monday that Putin had informed him of the alleged incidental and that helium was “very angry” astir it. By Wednesday, however, Trump appeared much sceptical, sharing connected societal media a New York Post editorial accusing Russia of obstructing bid efforts successful Ukraine.Ukraine has denied carrying retired immoderate specified attack, calling the accusation portion of a Russian disinformation run aimed astatine driving a wedge betwixt Kyiv and Washington pursuing a play gathering betwixt Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.Zelenskyy called Russia's assertion “a implicit fabrication intended to warrant further attacks against Ukraine, including Kyiv, arsenic good arsenic Russia's ain refusal to instrumentality indispensable steps to extremity the war.”The occurrence followed soon aft Trump hosted Zelenskyy astatine his backstage Mar-a-Lago nine successful Florida. While some sides struck a affirmative code aft the meeting, small headway was made connected cardinal issues, including information guarantees for Ukraine and Russia’s request that Kyiv cede territory.Trump’s peculiar envoy, Steve Witkoff, said connected Wednesday that helium and different elder officials had spoken with Ukraine’s defence curate Rustem Umerov and respective European nationalist information officials arsenic portion of efforts to extremity the war.
