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Russia has accused Ukraine of targeting a presidential residence, which President Zelensky called "typical Russian lies".

MOSCOW, Dec 29 (Reuters) - President Vladimir Putin on Monday told his army to press on with a campaign to take full control of the Zaporizhzhia region in southern Ukraine after a Russian commander said Moscow's forces were 15 kilometres (9.3 miles) from its biggest city.

Over the course of Trump’s first year in office, Zelensky and other European leaders have repeatedly worked to convince Trump that Russia’s President Putin is, in fact, an aggressor opposed to peace, responsible for an unprovoked invasion that launched the deadliest conflict in Europe since the Second World War.

President Donald Trump said that Russian President Vladimir Putin informed him in a Monday morning call of a Ukrainian drone attack allegedly targeting one of his residences, saying the move was “not good,

"I ⁠don't like it. It's not good," Trump told reporters when asked if he was worried the allegation could affect his efforts to broker ‌peace. "I learned about it from President Putin ​today. ‌I was very ‍angry ⁠about it."

Russian dictator Vladimir Putin claimed in a phone call with President Donald Trump that Kyiv had attacked one of his official residences—a claim which Ukraine denied almost instantly. The Russian readout of the call said that Putin,

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Monday that Ukraine had tried to attack President Vladimir Putin's residence in northern Russia and so Moscow's negotiating position would be reviewed, but Ukraine said it was a lie.

Putin’s war on Ukraine was once a popular enterprise. But domestic support is softening as the conflict's material, human and reputational costs continue to mount.