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President Volodymyr Zelensky has denied Russia's accusations that Ukraine carried out a drone attack on one of President Vladimir Putin's residences and accused Moscow of trying to sabotage peace talks.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov claimed that Kiev had launched an overnight attack using 91 long-range unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) on Putin's state residence in Russia's northwestern Novgorod region.
"Ukraine has targeted Putin's residence"
Russia said it would now review its position in peace negotiations. It is still not clear where Putin was at the time of the alleged attack.
Zelensky dismissed the claim as "typical Russian lies" intended to give the Kremlin an excuse to continue its attacks on Ukraine.
He said Russia had previously targeted government buildings in Kiev.
"It is essential that the world does not remain silent now. We cannot allow Russia to undermine the work to achieve a lasting peace," Zelensky said in X.
In a statement shared on Telegram on Monday, Lavrov said that all 91 drones he claimed were launched at Putin's residence were intercepted and destroyed by Russian air defense systems.
He added that there are no reports of casualties or material damage as a result of the attack.
"Given the final degeneration of the criminal regime in Kiev, which has shifted to a policy of state terrorism, Russia's negotiating position will be reviewed," he said, adding that Russia had no intention of pulling out of the negotiation process with the US.
The claim from Moscow comes after talks between the US and Ukraine in Florida on Sunday, where Presidents Trump and Zelensky discussed a revised peace plan to end the war.
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