{"id":666717,"date":"2026-01-01T11:30:11","date_gmt":"2026-01-01T11:30:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/666717\/"},"modified":"2026-01-01T11:30:11","modified_gmt":"2026-01-01T11:30:11","slug":"u-s-finds-ukraine-did-not-attack-putins-valdai-residence-wsj","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/666717\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S. Finds Ukraine Did Not Attack Putin\u2019s Valdai Residence \u2013 WSJ"},"content":{"rendered":"

U.S. intelligence officials have concluded that Ukraine did not attack one of President Vladimir Putin\u2019s residences earlier this week, The Wall Street Journal reported<\/a> Thursday.<\/p>\n

Russia claims that Ukraine launched a large-scale drone operation targeting Putin\u2019s Valdai residence in the northwestern Novgorod region between Sunday night and Monday morning. Kyiv has dismissed the accusations as an attempt to disrupt U.S.-brokered talks to end the war.<\/p>\n

An unnamed U.S. official told WSJ that the CIA assessed no attack had taken place against Putin\u2019s residence. According to the official, Ukrainian forces had instead sought to strike a military facility elsewhere in the Novgorod region, far from Valdai.<\/p>\n

The CIA declined to comment, WSJ said, and there was no immediate response from the White House.<\/p>\n

Shortly before the report was published, U.S. President Donald Trump, posting on Truth Social, appeared to play down Russia\u2019s claims by sharing<\/a> a New York Post editorial titled \u201cPutin \u2018Attack\u2019 Bluster Shows Russia Is the One Standing in the Way of Peace.\u201d<\/p>\n

The editorial argues<\/a> that Russia is obstructing efforts to end the war and that any attack on Putin would be \u201cmore than justified\u201d given alleged Russian assassination attempts on Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.<\/p>\n

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On Wednesday, Russia\u2019s Defense Ministry issued its first detailed account of the claimed attack on\u00a0Putin\u2019s Valdai residence. In a briefing, the ministry showed a\u00a0map purporting to show the flight paths of more than 90 Ukrainian drones, along with video footage of what it said was a downed unmanned aircraft.<\/p>\n

The Defense Ministry said that more than half of the drones were destroyed hundreds of kilometers from Valdai, in regions near Ukraine\u2019s border that are frequently targeted by Ukrainian strikes.<\/p>\n

Moscow has said it will revise its negotiating position in peace talks following the alleged attack, a move that raised suspicions the incident was fabricated and possibly\u00a0aimed at slowing U.S.-led efforts to end the war at a moment when both Trump and Zelensky have said progress was being made.<\/p>\n

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