Key Highlights
- intelligence has debunked Russian claims of a Ukrainian drone strike on a residence belonging to Vladimir Putin, reversing his own initial "anger" over the alleged incident.
- Speaking to reporters while returning to Washington from a two-week stay in Florida, Trump dismissed the Kremlin’s narrative that Kyiv had targeted a presidential estate in the Novgorod region.
- “I don't believe that strike happened," Trump said.
- The shift in tone follows a week of conflicting signals from the White House.
- Last Monday, Trump told reporters he was “very angry” about the report, which he said Putin had raised personally during a phone call.
