Airports in Moscow suspended operations and at least one person was injured after Ukraine carried out the largest drone strike on the capital since Vladimir Putin’s invasion in 2022.
Russia and Ukraine attacked each other with a record number of drones on Sunday as US president-elect Donald Trump reportedly spoke with the Russian president.
Russia’s defence ministry said it downed 84 Ukrainian drones over six regions, including nearly half of them in the skies above Moscow.
Ukraine’s Air Force said Russia attacked the country with 145 drones, the largest number yet.
The drone blitz came as Mr Trump advised his Russian counterpart not to escalate the Ukraine war, Reuters and The Washington Post reported.
The British Army chief claimed Russia was losing the highest number of soldiers a day since the full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
Sir Tony Radakin told the BBC that Russian forces were suffering 1,500 casualties a day.
He described the cost of the war on the Russian people as “extraordinary”.
Russia-Ukraine trade largest drone blitz since star of war
Russian capital Moscow came under attack with the largest Ukrainian drone strikes as Vladimir Putin’s forces launched their own record air attack over Ukraine.
Three airports in Moscow were briefly closed, with flights rerouted, while at least one individual sustained injuries.
Russia reported that its air defences intercepted 84 drones, with nearly half over Moscow and the remainder over western regions of the country.
Ukraine’s air force reported that Russia launched 145 drones across the entire country on Saturday night, with the majority being intercepted.
Five people were injured and four causes caught fire in south-west Moscow’s Ramenskoye due to the falling debris, the Russian ministry of defence said.
In Ukraine, at least two people were killed and another was injured in the southern Ukrainian region of Mykolaiv, the regional governor said on Monday.
Ukraine’s air force reported that 62 of Russia’s Iranian-made drones were intercepted, while 67 went “off course.” An additional 10 drones exited Ukrainian airspace, returning toward Russia, Belarus, and Moldova.
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