Decrypted data from UAV shot down in Novgorod region handed over to U.S. side

Decrypted data from one of the Ukrainian drones that attacked Russian President Vladimir Putin's residence have been handed over to the US mission in Moscow.
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Russia hands over to US decrypted data from UAV shot down over Novgorod region, Sputnik reports.

Russian intelligence services were able to retrieve a flight mission file from one of the Ukrainian drones that attacked Putin's residence.

Decrypted data from one of the Ukrainian drones that attacked Russian President Vladimir Putin's residence have been handed over to the US mission in Moscow, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Thursday.

On Monday, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said that overnight from December 28 to 29, Kiev had launched an attack on the Russian presidential residence in Russia's Novgorod Region using 91 drones.

"Materials containing decrypted routing data and the flight controller of the Ukrainian drone that was shot down by Russian air defense systems on the night of December 29, 2025, over the Novgorod Region during a terrorist attack on the Russian presidential residence were handed over to a representative of the military attache's office at the US Embassy in Moscow," the ministry said in a statement.

The obtained data unequivocally confirm that the drones were on their way to attack Putin's residence, the head of the Russian General Staff's Main Intelligence Directorate, Igor Kostyukov, who delivered the files to the US Embassy, said.

"We believe that this step will remove all questions and will contribute to establishing the truth," Kostyukov added.

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