Overview
- Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said Russia will revise its negotiating position on Ukraine and stated that targets and timing for retaliatory strikes have been set.
- Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky denied that an attack occurred and accused Moscow of trying to sabotage the negotiation process.
- The Kremlin said President Vladimir Putin informed U.S. President Donald Trump of the incident, and Trump publicly condemned the attempt as not a defensive act.
- Russia’s Defense Ministry reported no casualties or damage and said all drones were intercepted over the night of December 28–29.
- Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov declined to disclose Putin’s whereabouts during the incident, and Kazakhstan’s President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev voiced condemnation in a call with Putin.