Tuesday, 30 December 2025
Drone attack on Putin's home or scam?
Donald Trump is angry, Volodymyr Zelensky denies it, Putin rang Trump to tell him about it. It's either a huge story or a piece of Russian black propaganda. It has become a ritual prior to peace talks betwqeen Zelensky and the US for Putin to order a major bombing ofensive on Ukraine, just to remind everyone that he can do it whenever and how many times he likes. It's a deliberate show of force to add a little more urgency to the peace talks and to persuade Zelensky to cave in and agree to a settlement which will be solely in Moscow's favour. It hasn't worked so far. But would Zelensky adopt the same tactic? Just after a sitdown with Trump at his residence in Mar-a-Lago, Florida, Zelensky, according to Putin, ordered a massive drone attack - 91 long-range drones - on his state residence in Novogorod in northwestern Russia. All the drones were shot down, Sergey Lavrov, the Russian foreign minister, claimed. When Putin smartly rang Trump to tell him and complain, Trump became kind of convinced it was true and expressed his anger. But Zelensky said it never happened and asked where was the proof. There certainly haven't been any photographic images of drones heading towards the state resadence. But if it is true, and Putin is telling the truth for the first time in his life, then it would be a pretty stupid thing to do if Zelensky is hoping to keep Trump on side to broker an end to the war. If it's all fake, as Zelensky is insisting, then it's just another attempt by Putin to skewer the peace negotiations. Surely someone must know? How about America's spy satellites? Do they hold the truth?
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