Ukrainian drones hit Russia in massive overnight attack
Key takeaways
- Ukraine has launched almost 600 drones at Russia in one of its largest overnight attacks amid Moscow's invasion.
- The attacks come after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy vowed on Friday to launch retaliatory strikes, a day after a Russian assault on Kyiv killed 24 people and injured around 50 more.
- The mayor of Moscow city, Sergei Sobyanin, said strikes there had wounded at least 12 people, most of them construction workers at a job site near an oil and gas refinery.
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Ukraine has launched almost 600 drones at Russia in one of its largest overnight attacks amid Moscow's invasion. The region around the Russian capital was one of those targeted.
https://p.dw.com/p/5Ds In This apartment block in the Moscow region was damaged in the Ukrainian drone attacks Image: REUTERSAdvertisement Almost 600 Ukrainian drones targeted various locations in Russia overnight, killing three people in the Moscow region and one in the Belgorod region, Russian authorities said on Sunday.
The attacks come after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy vowed on Friday to launch retaliatory strikes, a day after a Russian assault on Kyiv killed 24 people and injured around 50 more.