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Overview
- U.S. intelligence agencies, including the CIA, assessed there is no evidence Ukraine targeted or hit a presidential residence in the Novgorod region.
- Russia released night‑time footage and displayed fragments it says came from a Ukrainian Chaklun‑V drone, claiming a carefully planned salvo of 91 drones was intercepted without damage.
- Kyiv denied any role and labeled the allegation fabricated, while EU diplomat Kaja Kallas called Moscow’s claim unfounded and a deliberate distraction from peace efforts.
- President Volodymyr Zelensky said Russia launched more than 200 attack drones overnight, striking power infrastructure across seven regions and causing outages reported by Ukraine’s energy ministry.
- A pro‑Russian official in occupied Kherson alleged a New Year’s drone strike killed at least 24 people, a claim not independently verified, as both sides reported additional drone incidents including Ukrainian strikes on energy facilities in Krasnodar and Tatarstan.