According to a report by Reuters on December 31, local time, after the Russian Ministry of Defense released a video showing “the wreckage of a Ukrainian drone attacking Russian President Vladimir Putin's official residence in Novgorod region,” the Ukrainian Ministry of Foreign Affairs later denied it. The report said that the Ukrainian Ministry of Foreign Affairs said it was “absolutely convinced” that no attack had occurred. In an interview with Reuters, a spokesperson for the Ukrainian Ministry of Foreign Affairs called the video “ridiculous” and that Kyiv “is absolutely convinced that no such attack has occurred.”

According to a report by Reuters on December 31, local time, after the Russian Ministry of Defense released a video showing “the wreckage of a Ukrainian drone attacking Russian President Vladimir Putin's official residence in Novgorod region,” the Ukrainian Ministry of Foreign Affairs later denied it. The report said that the Ukrainian Ministry of Foreign Affairs said it was “absolutely convinced” that no attack had occurred. In an interview with Reuters, a spokesperson for the Ukrainian Ministry of Foreign Affairs called the video “ridiculous” and that Kyiv “is absolutely convinced that no such attack has occurred.”