US Permanent Representative to NATO Whitaker: It is unclear if the attack on Putin's residence is real

US Permanent Representative to NATO Matthew Whitaker, regarding Ukraine'sattempted attack on the officialresidence of the Russian Presidentyesterday,madestatements.

Whitaker, in an interview with the US press,In the interview, he approachedRussia's accusationagainst Ukrainewithskepticism,stating that he wanted to seethe US intelligencereport on the incident.said. Whitaker stated, "The incident is not confirmed to have actually occurred. In my opinion, at a time when Ukraine is so close to a peace agreement and truly desires a peace agreement, acting recklessly or pointlesslyit is not appropriate to do something that could be seen," he said.

Whitaker stated, "We are investigating the source of the intelligence. For me, the most importantthing is whether the intelligence services of the US and ourallies can confirm that thisattackactually took place or not.regarding theclaims made," he said.

"Ukraine attempted to attackPutin's residence"

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, ina statementmadeyesterdayIn the statement, it was reported that Ukraine had attempted to attack Russian PresidentVladimir Putin's residence in Russia's Novgorodregion, and that Ukraine had carried out an attack on Putin's residence on December 28-29 with 91 long-range unmanned aerial vehicles,andstated that all of them were destroyed by Russian air defense systems.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, however,denied theattack in question, stating, "Thisessentially, the 'residence attack'story is a fabrication to justifyadditional attacks onUkraine, including Kyiv, and Russia's refusalto take the necessary stepsto end the war. It isa made-up lie.Typical Russian lies. Furthermore, the Russians arehad passedand had stated that it had targeted Kyiv."