Ukraine denies drone attack on Putin residence

President Volodymyr Zelensky has denied Russian allegations that Ukraine launched a drone attack on one of President Vladimir Putin’s residences and accused Moscow of trying to derail peace talks.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said kyiv launched an overnight attack using 91 long-range unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) against Putin’s state residence in Russia’s northwest Novgorod region.

Russia has said it will now review its position in peace negotiations. It is not yet clear where Putin was at the time of the alleged attack.

Zelensky dismissed the allegations as “typical Russian lies” designed to give the Kremlin an excuse to continue its attacks on Ukraine.

He said Russia had previously targeted government buildings in Kyiv.

Zelensky added on X: “It is essential that the world does not remain silent now. We cannot allow Russia to undermine efforts to achieve lasting peace.”

In a statement shared Monday on Telegram, Lavrov said the 91 drones according to him, were launched at Putin’s residence and were intercepted and destroyed by Russian air defense systems.

He added that no casualties or damage had been reported following the attack.

“Given the final degeneration of the criminal regime in kyiv, which has turned to a policy of state terrorism, Russia’s negotiating position will be revised,” he said.

But he added that Russia had no intention of walking out of the negotiating process with the United States, the Russian news agency Tass reported.

Moscow’s assertion follows talks between the United States and Ukraine on Sunday in Florida, during which Presidents Trump and Zelensky discussed a revised peace plan to end the war.

Zelensky said the United States had offered Ukraine security guarantees for 15 years, and Trump said there was “almost 95 percent” agreement on that.

The Ukrainian leader described territorial issues and the Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant as the last unresolved issues, and there were few signs of progress on the future of Ukraine’s disputed Donbass region – which Russia wants to take full control of.

Moscow currently controls about 75% of the Donetsk region and about 99% of the neighboring Luhansk region. The two regions are known collectively as Donbass.

Russia has previously rejected key elements of the plan under discussion.

The White House said Monday that President Trump had “concluded a positive call” with Putin, following negotiations between the United States and Ukraine.

Yuri Ushakov, the Kremlin’s foreign policy adviser, told reporters Monday that during the call, Putin emphasized that the alleged attack on his residence occurred “almost right after what the United States considered a series of successful negotiations.”

Ushakov said: “The American president was shocked by this information, he was angry and said that he could not believe such senseless actions. It was stated that this would undoubtedly affect the American approach to working with Zelensky.”

At a later news conference, Trump initially appeared to say he was unaware of the alleged incident, but later told reporters that Putin had told him about it and that he was “very angry” about it.

Asked if the United States had seen evidence supporting Russia’s claims, he said: “Well, we’ll find out. You’re saying maybe the attack didn’t happen – that’s possible too, I suppose. But President Putin told me this morning that it did.”