Published: January 1, 2026 3:44 pm
Author: RT
The Defense Ministry has said it retrieved a flight plan file from the debris of one of the drones downed on Monday
Russia’s Defense Ministry has said it will provide the US with evidence proving that a swarm of Ukrainian drones earlier this week was heading for President Vladimir Putin’s Valdai home.
According to officials in Moscow, a total of 91 UAVs were involved in the failed attack on the night of December 28-29, all of which were shot down by Russian air defenses en route to or over Novgorod Region. The Defense Ministry previously claimed to have obtained “irrefutable evidence of a terrorist attack planned by the Kiev regime on the Russian President’s residence.”
In a statement on Thursday, the Defense Ministry said that “Russian special services managed to retrieve a file containing the flight mission from the navigation unit of one of the Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles destroyed on the night of December 29, 2025 over Novgorod Region.”
According to the press release, after studying the routing data, Russian experts concluded that the “ultimate target of the Ukrainian UAV attack on December 29, 2025 was one of the objects at the Russian president’s residence in Novgorod Region.”
“These materials will be handed over to the US via the established channels,” the ministry added.
The Kremlin stated earlier this week that the attack was aimed not only at Putin, but also “against [US] President [Donald] Trump’s efforts to facilitate a peaceful resolution of the Ukraine conflict.”
