Russia hands to U.S. proof of attempted Ukrainian strike on Putin residence

A senior Russian military chief handed to a U.S. military attache on Thursday what he said was part of a Ukrainian drone containing data he said proved

that the Ukrainian military this week had targeted a Russian presidential residence.



Moscow accused Kyiv on Monday of trying to strike a residence of President Vladimir Putin in Russia's northern Novgorod region with 91 long-range attack drones. It said Russia would review its negotiating position in ongoing talks with the U.S. on ending the Ukraine war.



Ukraine and Western countries have disputed Russia's account of the alleged attempted strike.



A video posted on the Russian Defence Ministry's Telegram channel showed Admiral Igor Kostyukov, head of the Main Directorate of the General Staff of Russia's Armed Forces, handing to the U.S. attache what he described as the controlling mechanism of a drone found among downed fragments.