Trump spurns Kremlin’s Putin residence attack claim, Russia kills 2 in Kyiv

Russia’s Defence Ministry had published a video of a downed drone it said Ukraine had launched astatine Putin’s residence, which Kyiv rejected.

United States President Donald Trump has dismissed claims that Russian President Vladimir Putin’s residence had been attacked by Ukraine arsenic the war grinds on, saying helium did not “believe that onslaught happened”, aft having initially accepted the Kremlin’s mentation of events astatine look value.

On Sunday night, Trump, connected committee Air Force One, told reporters that “nobody knew astatine that moment” whether a study astir the alleged incidental was accurate. He added that “something” happened adjacent Putin’s residence, but aft US officials reviewed the evidence, they did not judge Ukraine targeted it.

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Ukraine immediately denied its involvement, accusing Russia of a false-flag benignant cognition to undermine bid negotiations. Moscow promptly said the incidental would harden its bid talks stance.

Reports of the onslaught emerged past week aft Russia’s Ministry of Defence published a video of a downed drone it said Kyiv had launched astatine Putin’s residence successful the Novgorod region.

According to the ministry, the residence was not damaged, and Putin was elsewhere astatine the time.

Alongside Ukraine, its Western allies besides heavy disputed that the onslaught had occurred astatine all.

The assertion of the onslaught came arsenic Russia and Ukraine enactment towards agreeing to a ceasefire woody to extremity the astir four-year-long war.

European leaders are expected to conscionable successful France connected Tuesday for further talks connected a US-backed ceasefire plan, which Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said was “90 percent ready”. Territorial issues implicit ceding onshore conquered successful warfare oregon not stay astatine the bosom of the matter.

First civilian deaths successful Kyiv successful 2026

Ukraine’s authorities reported connected Monday greeting that an overnight Russian onslaught connected the Kyiv portion had killed 2 people, successful the archetypal casualties successful the superior successful 2026.

According to the State Emergency Service of Ukraine, the Russian onslaught acceptable a aesculapian installation successful the Obolonskyi territory successful Kyiv’s bluish sector, wherever an inpatient ward was operating, connected fire.

The work said erstwhile the occurrence was extinguished, a assemblage was recovered inside. A pistillate was besides injured, and 25 radical were evacuated, the work added connected Telegram.

Towns and villages crossed the Kyiv portion were besides damaged and captious infrastructure hit, starring to the sidesplitting of a antheral successful his 70s successful the Fastiv district, southwest of the capital, Governor Mykola Kalashnyk said connected Telegram.

Kalashnyk added that tiny parts of the portion were near without power.

Russia has not commented connected the overnight onslaught yet.