President Volodymyr Zelensky has denied allegations by Russia that Ukraine launched a drone attack on one of President Vladimir Putin's residences, and accused Moscow of trying to derail peace talks.
Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov claimed Kyiv had launched an attack overnight using 91 long-range unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) on Putin's state residence in Russia's northwestern Novgorod region.
Russia said it would 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 claim as 'typical Russian lies', intended to give the Kremlin an excuse to continue attacks on Ukraine.
He said that Russia had previously targeted government buildings in Kyiv.
Zelensky added on social media: 'It is critical that the world doesn't stay silent now. We cannot allow Russia to undermine the work on achieving a lasting peace.'
In a statement shared on Telegram on Monday, Lavrov said all of the 91 drones he claimed were launched at Putin's residence were intercepted and destroyed by Russian air defence systems.
He added that there were no reports of casualties or damage as a result of the attack.
'Given the final degeneration of the criminal Kyiv regime, which has switched to a policy of state terrorism, Russia's negotiating position will be revised,' he said, although he noted that Russia does not intend to exit the negotiating process with the US, according to Russian news agency Tass.
The claim by 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.
Zelensky said the US had offered Ukraine security guarantees for 15 years, and Trump stated that an agreement on this point is 'close to 95%' done. Territorial issues and the Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant remain the last unresolved matters, with little sign of progress on the future of Ukraine's contested Donbas region.
Moscow currently controls about 75% of the Donetsk region, and nearly 99% of the neighboring Luhansk region, collectively known as Donbas. Russia has previously rejected key parts of the plan under discussion.
The White House said on Monday that President Trump had 'concluded a positive call' with Putin following the US-Ukraine talks.
Yuri Ushakov, a Kremlin foreign policy aide, mentioned that during this call, Putin pointed out that the alleged attack on his residence happened 'almost straight after what the US had considered to be a successful round of talks'.
Ushakov continued: 'The US president was shocked by this information, he was angry and said he couldn't believe such mad actions. It was stated that this will no doubt affect the US approach to working with Zelensky.'
Ushakov added that Putin had declared that the 'reckless terrorist action' would receive 'the strongest response'.
