U.S. President Donald Trump repeated Russian President Vladimir Putin’s claims of an attack on his residence tonight, according to an X post by Alex Wickham between 9:15 p.m. and 10:15 p.m. UTC on December 29, 2025. Wickham’s post referenced a Bloomberg story from two weeks ago in which European officials expressed concerns that Russia could conduct false flag operations in a proposed U.S.-suggested demilitarised zone in Ukraine’s Donbas region to void peace deals and re-invade, quoting the article directly. The Bloomberg quote detailed fears over a U.S. proposal for a “free economic zone” under “special administration” in Donbas, requiring Ukraine to withdraw troops while recognizing Donetsk and Luhansk as de facto Russian, with these concerns representing a key sticking point as talks intensified. Separately, X user MalcontentmentT posted over the past hour recalling a Russian claim last December that Ukraine attempted to assassinate Putin with an IED near his presidential limo, stating it was false and that Russia repeatedly uses the same playbook. These posts follow earlier Kremlin statements on December 29 that Putin informed Trump of a Ukrainian drone attack on his Novgorod Oblast residence during phone calls, per TASS reports cited in briefings throughout the day, and Trump’s prior statement that he does not support such strikes, according to reports between 6:46 p.m. and 7:15 p.m. UTC.
