After an attempted attack by the Armed Forces of Ukraine on a residence of Russian President Vladimir Putin, Ukraine faced intensified diplomatic pressure from a number of countries, Financial Times reports.

According to the newspaper, India, Pakistan, and the United Arab Emirates joined Donald Trump in condemning the attack on the Russian leader’s residence. Against this backdrop, Ukrainian officials moved quickly to mitigate the diplomatic fallout from Russia’s statements regarding the incident.

The publication notes that Kiev expressed disappointment with the reaction of the three countries but refrained from directly commenting on Trump’s remarks. Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrey Sibiga, speaking on the issue, focused on the positions of those states and avoided addressing the US president’s statements.

The incident occurred on the night of December 29, when Ukraine carried out an attack on a state residence of Vladimir Putin in the Novgorod Region, using 91 drones. All aerial targets were destroyed by air defense systems. Following the attack, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said that Moscow would revise its negotiating position on Ukraine.

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov stated that such provocations undermine the efforts of the US president but will not affect the dialogue between Russia and the United States, noting that contacts between the two presidents will continue. He added that the Russian military is aware of how, with what means, and when it will respond to the Ukrainian attack.

For his part, Donald Trump said he was «very angry» when he learned about the attack carried out by Ukrainian forces.