{"id":4795,"date":"2026-01-05T09:41:35","date_gmt":"2026-01-05T09:41:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/2026\/01\/05\/trump-spurns-kremlins-putin-residence-attack-claim-russia-kills-2-in-kyiv\/"},"modified":"2026-01-05T09:41:35","modified_gmt":"2026-01-05T09:41:35","slug":"trump-spurns-kremlins-putin-residence-attack-claim-russia-kills-2-in-kyiv","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/2026\/01\/05\/trump-spurns-kremlins-putin-residence-attack-claim-russia-kills-2-in-kyiv\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump spurns Kremlin\u2019s Putin residence attack claim, Russia kills 2 in Kyiv"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><em>Russia\u2019s Defence Ministry had published a video of a downed drone it said Ukraine had launched at Putin\u2019s residence, which Kyiv rejected.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div aria-live=\"polite\" aria-atomic=\"true\">\n<p>United States President Donald Trump has dismissed claims that Russian President Vladimir Putin\u2019s residence had been attacked by Ukraine as the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2026\/1\/5\/russia-ukraine-war-list-of-key-events-day-1411\">war grinds<\/a> on, saying he did not \u201cbelieve that strike happened\u201d, after having initially accepted the Kremlin\u2019s version of events at face value.<\/p>\n<p>On Sunday night, Trump, on board Air Force One, told reporters that \u201cnobody knew at that moment\u201d whether a report about the alleged incident was accurate. He added that \u201csomething\u201d happened near Putin\u2019s residence, but after US officials reviewed the evidence, they did not believe Ukraine targeted it.<\/p>\n<section>\n<h2>Recommended Stories <\/h2>\n<p><span>list of 3 items<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span>list 1 of 3<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2026\/1\/1\/all-the-big-elections-to-look-out-for-in-2026\">All the big elections to look out for in 2026<\/a><\/li>\n<li><span>list 2 of 3<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2026\/1\/1\/palestine-was-the-deadliest-place-to-be-a-journalist-in-2025-media-union\">Palestine was the deadliest place to be a journalist in 2025: Media union<\/a><\/li>\n<li><span>list 3 of 3<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2026\/1\/1\/russia-claims-ukrainian-drone-attack-killed-24-people-in-kherson\">Russia claims Ukrainian drone attack killed 24 people in Kherson<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span>end of list<\/span><\/section>\n<p>Ukraine <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2025\/12\/29\/kyiv-rejects-russias-claim-of-ukrainian-strike-on-putins-residence\">immediately denied<\/a> its involvement, accusing Russia of a false-flag type operation to undermine peace negotiations. Moscow promptly said the incident would harden its peace talks stance.<\/p>\n<p>Reports of the attack emerged last week after Russia\u2019s Ministry of Defence published a video of a downed drone it said Kyiv had launched at Putin\u2019s residence in the Novgorod region.<\/p>\n<p>According to the ministry, the residence was not damaged, and Putin was elsewhere at the time.<\/p>\n<p>Alongside Ukraine, its Western allies also heavily disputed that the attack had occurred at all.<\/p>\n<p>The claim of the attack came as Russia and Ukraine work towards agreeing to a ceasefire deal to end the nearly four-year-long war.<\/p>\n<p>European leaders are expected to meet in France on Tuesday for further talks on a US-backed ceasefire plan, which Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said was \u201c90 percent ready\u201d. Territorial issues over ceding land conquered in war or not remain at the heart of the matter.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"first-civilian-deaths-in-kyiv-in-2026\">First civilian deaths in Kyiv in 2026<\/h2>\n<p>Ukraine\u2019s authorities reported on Monday morning that an overnight Russian attack on the Kyiv region had killed two people, in the first casualties in the capital in 2026.<\/p>\n<p>According to the State Emergency Service of Ukraine, the Russian attack set a medical facility in the Obolonskyi district in Kyiv\u2019s northern sector, where an inpatient ward was operating, on fire.<\/p>\n<p>The service said once the fire was extinguished, a body was found inside. A woman was also injured, and 25 people were evacuated, the service added on Telegram.<\/p>\n<p>Towns and villages across the Kyiv region were also damaged and critical infrastructure hit, leading to the killing of a man in his 70s in the Fastiv district, southwest of the capital, Governor Mykola Kalashnyk said on Telegram.<\/p>\n<p>Kalashnyk added that small parts of the region were left without power.<\/p>\n<p>Russia has not commented on the overnight strike yet.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Russia\u2019s Defence Ministry had published a video of a downed drone it said Ukraine had launched at Putin\u2019s residence, which Kyiv rejected. 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