Alleged Ukrainian attack on Putin’s home ‘state terrorism’, Ukrainian foreign minister says
\nRussian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Ukraine had tried to attack Putin’s residence in the Novgorod region west of Moscow on December 28-29 with 91 long-range drones which were all destroyed by Russian air defences. No one was injured and there was no damage, he said in comments reported by Russian media.<\/p>\n
“Such reckless actions will not go unanswered,” Lavrov said in a statement, describing the attack as “state terrorism” and adding that targets had already been selected for retaliatory strikes by Russia’s armed forces.<\/p>\n
US President Donald Trump said Putin had told him about the alleged attack targetting one of his residences in a phone call on Monday morning, which had angered him.<\/p>\n
“It’s one thing to be offensive,” Trump told reporters. “It’s another thing \u200bto attack his house. It’s not the right time to do any of that. And I learned about it from President Putin today. I was very angry about it.”<\/p>\n
On Sunday, Trump met Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy in Florida \u200dand the U.S. president said they were “getting a lot closer, maybe very close” to an agreement to end the war.
\nRussia said Ukraine tried to attack Putin’s residence in the Novgorod region; Ukraine dismissed the claims as ‘lies’
\nZelensky said the 15-year security guarantee Trump offered at Mar-a-Lago talks is not long enough
\nThe fates of Donbas and the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant remain sticking points in negotiations
\nThe Kremlin reiterated calls for Kyiv to withdraw troops from Donbas as Russia said it is ‘confidently advancing’<\/p>\n
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\n courtesy france24.com<\/p>\n