Russia says its negotiating stance on Ukraine will toughen after accusing Kyiv of assault

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The Kremlin mentioned Tuesday its place would toughen in talks on ending the battle in Ukraine after accusing Kyiv of attacking a Russian presidential residence — an allegation that Kyiv mentioned was baseless and supposed to delay the battle.

Kyiv has mentioned Russia's accusations are "lies" geared toward justifying extra assaults on Ukraine, and its overseas minister mentioned Tuesday that Russia had not supplied any proof "as a result of there's none."

Russia mentioned Monday Kyiv had attacked a presidential residence within the Novgorod area with 91 long-range assault drones. It mentioned it could retaliate and evaluation its negotiating stance, however wouldn't stop talks on a potential peace deal.

"This terrorist motion is geared toward collapsing the negotiation course of," Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov advised reporters on Tuesday. "The diplomatic consequence can be to toughen the negotiating place of the Russian Federation."

He mentioned the navy knew when and tips on how to reply.

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is denying Russian Overseas Minister Sergei Lavrov’s declare that Ukraine tried to assault President Vladimir Putin's residence in northern Russia. A more durable negotiating stance would complicate efforts led by U.S. President Donald Trump to finish the deadliest battle in Europe for the reason that Second World Conflict.

Russia, which invaded Ukraine in February 2022, controls just below a fifth of its neighbour's territory and says its troops are advancing.

Ukraine says no assault occurred Ukrainian Overseas Minister Andrii Sybiha mentioned Tuesday that Russia had not supplied any believable proof of its accusations.

"They usually received’t. As a result of there’s none. No such assault occurred," Sybiha mentioned on X.

He mentioned Kyiv was disillusioned by statements by the United Arab Emirates, India and Pakistan, expressing concern over what he mentioned was an assault that by no means occurred.

"Russia has an extended file of false claims — it’s their signature tactic," Sybiha mentioned.

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Ukrainian opposition MP Oleksiy Goncharenko speaks to AIH visitor host Paul Hunter about U.S. efforts to dealer a peace deal between Russia and Ukraine. Requested by reporters whether or not Russia had bodily proof of the drone assault, Peskov mentioned air defences shot the drones down however that the query of wreckage was for the Defence Ministry.

No proof has been supplied by Russia in addition to a Defence Ministry assertion which mentioned 91 drones had been shot down whereas heading for the residency, which is about 360 kilometres north of Moscow.

The Defence Ministry mentioned 49 had been shot down over Bryansk area, which is 450 kilometres from Valdai; one over Smolensk area; and 41 over the closely forested Novgorod area.

The Defence Ministry had not talked about any assault on the residence in its earlier studies of navy motion. The governor of Novgorod, Alexander Dronov, had mentioned air defence and fighter jets had been capturing down Ukrainian drones.

Peskov mentioned many Western media shops had been taking part in together with Kyiv's denial.

"We see that [Volodymyr] Zelenskyy himself is making an attempt to disclaim this, and lots of Western media shops, taking part in together with the Kyiv regime, are beginning to unfold the theme that this didn't occur," Peskov mentioned. "It is a fully insane assertion."

Peskov declined to say the place Russian President Vladimir Putin was on the time of the assault, saying that in gentle of latest occasions, such particulars shouldn't be within the public area.