Ukraine drones kill four in Russia, Moscow faces biggest attack in over a year
Key takeaways
- Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskiy had vowed retribution on Friday following Russia’s heaviest drone and missile attack on Kyiv over a two-day period since the war started more than four years ago.
- Confirming the attack, Zelenskiy post a video on X of a drone in flight, columns of black smoke and fire crews trying to extinguish the flames.
- “Our responses to Russia’s prolongation of the war and its attacks on our cities and communities are entirely justified,” Zelenskiy said.
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Add ARY News on Google AAResize At least four people were killed, including three in the Moscow region, after Ukraine launched its biggest overnight drone attack on the Russian capital in more than a year, local officials said on Sunday.
A fourth person was killed in the Belgorod region bordering northeastern Ukraine, local authorities said, while Russia’s defence ministry said by midday more than 1,000 Ukrainian drones had been downed over the country in the past 24 hours.
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskiy had vowed retribution on Friday following Russia’s heaviest drone and missile attack on Kyiv over a two-day period since the war started more than four years ago.