According to Yuri Ushakov, the Russian Presidential Advisor for International Policy, during a telephone conversation between the two leaders today, Trump was “outraged” by what had happened and said that he “could not even imagine such a reckless action” on the part of Kyiv.

The Kremlin chief stated that these “terrorist” actions would not go unanswered by Moscow.

Meanwhile, the US side noted that this would also influence its “approaches in the context of working with (Ukrainian President Volodymyr) Zelensky.”

In In this regard, according to Ushakov, Trump was pleased not to have delivered Tomahawk missiles to Kyiv. The Kremlin advisor stated that the telephone conversation with Trump, the second between the two leaders in 24 hours, was “friendly” and concluded with both sides intending to continue their contacts. Overall, so far in 2025, Putin and Trump have spoken by phone 10 times and met once at a summit in Alaska, he summarized. Previously, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov accused Kyiv of attacking Putin's residence in the Novgorod region with 91 drones on the night of December 28-29.He added that all the drones were destroyed and no casualties or damage from falling debris were reported. The Russian foreign minister had already indicated that Russia would review its position in the peace negotiations due to the attack.