Overview
- The Kremlin and Belarus said the two presidents held a phone call on the attempted strike and agreed to meet after the New Year.
- Russian officials reported that 91 drones targeted the Novgorod residence and that air defenses destroyed all of them with no casualties or damage reported.
- Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said Moscow will reconsider its negotiating position on Ukraine in response to the incident.
- Lukashenko described the operation as state-level terrorism intended to provoke Putin and derail peace efforts.
- He said advisers had urged retaliatory strikes that Putin rejected and that Belarusian intelligence previously warned of a possible plot against the Russian leader.