Putin humiliated as Ukraine blasts Russia’s ‘fake drone map’ after Putin’s palace attacked | World | News
Just days after Ukrainian drones allegedly attempted to attack one of Russian leader Vladimir Putin’s private residences, the Russian Ministry of Defense has published what is believed to be a fake map showing the alleged route of Ukrainian UAVs. The Russian map allegedly shows the flight path followed by approximately 91 long-range Ukrainian drones that tried to attack Putin’s Valdai residence in Novgorod.
While Russia claims to have destroyed 50 UAVs in the Bryansk and Smolensk regions, it insists that the UAVs were heading towards Putin’s residence. It was stated that 41 more unmanned aerial vehicles were destroyed in Novgorod Oblast. However, the Foreign Intelligence Service of Ukraine responded by summarizing the facts showing that Russia’s claims were not credible. This came after Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky also rejected the claim, calling it “a new round of lies” and warned that Russia was preparing to attack government buildings in Kiev.
The Foreign Intelligence Service of Ukraine believes that Russia is conducting an information operation aimed at disrupting agreements between the presidents of Ukraine and the United States.
The Ukrainian intelligence service noted that a number of facts indicate that the story about the attack on Putin’s residence is fake. This includes the fact that local residents in Novgorod Oblast did not report a drone strike or any consequences of the strike at any time on December 29, and there was no actual evidence (debris, photos, video) of downed UAVs.
However, Russia later released video of the downed drone that Ukraine said it launched at Putin’s residence. The clip, shot at night, showed a damaged drone lying in the snow in a forested area in northwestern Russia this week. Russia’s defense ministry said the alleged attack was “targeted, carefully planned and carried out in stages.”
The Russian Ministry of Defense twice changed its reports to fit the Kremlin’s narrative; initially reported 18 UAVs belonging to Ukrainian defense forces and later increased this number to 23. Ukrainian Pravda. Meanwhile, Ukrainian Foreign Ministry spokesman Heorhii Tykhyi said Russia’s fabrications about the alleged attack were merely an excuse for Moscow to abandon peace efforts.
Following the alleged attack, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said that the Kremlin’s stance on negotiations to end the war in Ukraine would be “revised” because of the attack.
He told Russian state media: “Such reckless actions will not remain unanswered.”
While Britain was also accused of taking part in the attack, Russian deputy foreign minister Alexander Grushko claimed that Britain did this to disrupt the peace process.
Putin reportedly brought up the alleged attack in a phone call with Donald Trump on Monday, leaving the US president “shocked”, according to Kremlin spokesman Yuri Ushakov.
