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The Kremlin says Putin briefed Trump on the drone strike during their phone conversation today and that this led to a change in their stance on the peace deal.
Putin has told Trump he still wants to work with them on the peace deal, but the attack has forced them to reconsider their stance, according to Kremlin foreign policy adviser Yuri Usakov.
For its part, the White House described the talks as “positive”. Press representative Caroline Levitt wrote in her post: “President Trump Completes Positive Phone Call With President Putin Regarding Ukraine”.
Earlier, Donald Trump had a telephone conversation with Volodymyr Zelensky.
Moscow insists
At the same time reports insist that Ukraine attacked Russian President Vladimir Putin’s state residence in the Novgorod region using 91 drones.
“All the drones were destroyed during the attack,” Lavrov said. After the incident, Lavrov said that Russia would return fire, having already determined the targets and timing of the counterattack.
Despite the attack, Russia plans to continue negotiations with the US and other countries, but will change its negotiating position. The Russian foreign minister did not give specific details about the planned countermeasures.
Zelensky’s attack on Russia
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky dismissed as false the accusation that Ukraine tried to attack Putin’s residence, adding that Moscow was preparing the ground to strike government buildings in Kiev, Reuters news agency reported.
Zelensky called on the US to respond accordingly to Russian threats and characterized the Russian claim as a way to undermine progress in peace talks after the Ukrainian leader’s meeting with Donald Trump yesterday. We will update you further on this matter as soon as we have more information.
The Ukrainian leader warned his people to be on alert for new attacks, saying this was “another lie” from Russia to justify new attacks on Kiev.
“They are just preparing the ground to carry out attacks, possibly on the capital and possibly on government buildings”Zelensky told reporters.
“Everyone must be alert now, absolutely everyone. An attack on the capital may take place, especially since this man [ο Πούτιν]… he said that they will choose respective targets.”
