Kyiv, Dec. 29 -- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has accused Russia of trying to sabotage the ongoing peace negotiations by its allegedly fabricated claims of an attempted military attack by Kyiv on the Russian presidential estate in St Petersburg, claiming that Moscow was preparing to bomb government buildings by using this claim as a pretext for justifying its aggression.

Calling the Kremlin's claim "another lie," Zelensky said he was "expecting" some kind of scandal to unfold following the conclusion of his two-hour meeting on Sunday with US President Donald Trump in Florida, where he said that some tangible "progress" had been made towards ending the three-year-long war.

"They do not want to finish this war," the Ukrainian lead...