Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Monday that Ukraine had tried to attack Vladimir Putin’s residence in northern Russia and so Moscow’s negotiating position would be reviewed, but Ukraine said it was a lie.

Russia said Ukraine attacked the presidential residence in the Novgorod region overnight with 91 long-range drones, which were all destroyed by Russian air defences. No one was injured and there was no damage, Lavrov said.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said the accusation was a lie, adding that Moscow was preparing the ground to strike government buildings in Kyiv. He said the Russian claim was an attempt to undermine peace talks.

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    Kyiv should make it clear that they want Putin in charge because he fucks up the Russian war effort so consistently.

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    And? You wanted war? Well here you go fuck boy, don’t be crying all over the place complaining after just attacking them on Saturday.

    Pooosssssssssssyyyyy

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      It doesn’t burn as well as oil refineries, has only symbolic value and is likely 10 x better protected than an average strategic industrial site.

      However, sending one or two drones irregularly - with no hope of arrival, just to keep the air defense launchers stationed there - that would make sense.

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        That might be quite the hit for his image though. “Dude can’t even protect his own house why is he in charge again?”

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    In year 2025, a foreign minister looking slightly like a horse makes a claim without video evidence.

    I will first believe that a two-humped camel has been sighted in the forests of occupied Donbas. At least the video showed a camel and a forest, even if I don’t know if it was Donbas. :)

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    11 hours ago

    “Yeah, there was an attack, but it goes to another high school, you wouldn’t know it.”

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    I hope they did. It obviously made the spineless coward scared. A shame they didn’t manage to kill him though.