‘They are looking for a pretext’ — Zelensky denies drone attack on Putin’s residence

https://kyivindependent.com/they-are-preparing-the-ground-for-new-strikes-zelensky-denies-drone-attack-on-putins-residence/

by KI_official

12 comments

  1. I mentioned this in my last comment but thanks to Witkoff and co. Russia has an easy backdoor to feed false information and manipulate Trump. It’s crazy how easy it is for Putin to give a phone call whenever he likes and lie to Trump. And of course, Trump doesn’t question anything because why would Putin lie? right? Afterall, Witkoff and Kushner (the useful idiots that they are) confirmed that everything Putin says is true!

    The Muscovites 100% lied about this story to justify further terrorist attacks and continue the war. I can’t believe that this US administration has decided to put an equal sign between victims = aggressors.

    What a sad timeline we are in..

  2. I’m not one for copium, but trying to give themselves pretext for striking decision making centres indicates to me that they know the war will get bad for them quickly if they don’t end it asap.

  3. More on this subject from other reputable sources:

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    – Berliner Zeitung (B-): [Lavrov: Ukraine attacked Vladimir Putin’s residence with drones – Zelensky reacts](https://www.berliner-zeitung.de/news/lawrow-ukraine-hat-putin-residenz-mit-drohnen-angegriffen-li.10011968)
    – Newsweek (C+): [Russia Claims Ukraine Tried to Strike Putin’s Residence](https://www.newsweek.com/russia-ukraine-strike-putin-residence-drones-11279920)
    – Reuters (A): [Russia says Ukraine tried to attack Putin’s residence so Moscow’s negotiating stance under review](https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/russia-says-ukraine-tried-attack-putins-residence-so-moscows-negotiating-stance-2025-12-29/)
    – Moscow Times (B+): [Ukraine Launched Drone Attack on Putin’s Valdai Residence, Lavrov Claims](https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2025/12/29/ukraine-launched-drone-attack-on-putins-valdai-residence-lavrov-claims-a91576)

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  6. Combined effort by Trump and Putin to pressure Zelensky into worse conditions. Just like the Mindich corruption scandal.

  7. Pretext for what? Murdering more civilians? They *should* try to strike Putin at every opportunity, why is anyone upset about this?!

  8. Leave it to Russian citizens to kill Putin. It will be more delicious that way.

  11. More likely they are also looking for a way to make this deal impossible to make or make it even better for Russia than it is. They will be pushing the limits and bully Trump into full give in as they want.

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