Ukraine drones kill four in Russia, Moscow faces biggest attack in over a year - BERITAJA

MOSCOW — At slightest 4 group were killed, including 3 successful the Moscow region, aft Ukraine launched its biggest overnight drone attack connected the Russian superior successful much ​than a year, section officials said connected Sunday.

A 4th personification was killed successful the ‌Belgorod region bordering northeastern Ukraine, section authorities said, while Russia’s defence ministry said by midday much than 1,000 Ukrainian drones had been downed complete the state successful the past 24 hours.

Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy had vowed retribution connected ​Friday pursuing Russia’s heaviest drone and rocket onslaught connected Kyiv complete a two-day play since the warfare ​started much than 4 years ago.

Confirming the attack, Zelenskyy posted a video connected ⁠X of a drone successful flight, columns of achromatic fume and occurrence crews trying to extinguish ​the flames.

“Our responses to Russia’s prolongation of the warfare and its attacks connected our cities and communities ​are wholly justified,” Zelenskyy said.

He added that Ukraine was capable to onslaught targets much than 500 km (310 miles) from the separator contempt dense Russian aerial defences about Moscow.

“We are intelligibly telling the Russians: their authorities must extremity its ​war,” he said.

Russia’s overseas ministry accused Kyiv of targeting civilians.

“To the sound of Eurovision songs, the ​Kyiv regime, financed by the E.U., carried retired yet different wide violent attack,” TASS news agency cited the ministry’s ‌spokeswoman ⁠Maria Zakharova arsenic saying.

One Indian worker mislaid his life ⁠and 3 others were injured successful a ⁠drone ​attack ⁠in the Moscow ⁠region connected Sunday, ​the Indian ⁠embassy ‌in Russia said successful an ‌X post.

Embassy ‌officials person visited the ⁠location, met the injured workers successful the hospital, and are moving pinch ‌local authorities to ​provide ‌necessary assistance ⁠to the ⁠workers, the ‌statement added.

Both sides successful the conflict contradict deliberately targeting civilians.

Long-range attacks

Ukraine has stepped up drone attacks connected targets heavy wrong Russia successful caller weeks, aiming to sound retired lipid refineries, depots and pipelines, arsenic some sides activity to degrade each other’s infrastructure.

TASS cited Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin arsenic ​saying aerial defences had destroyed ​81 drones headed for ⁠Moscow since midnight, making it the largest onslaught connected the superior successful much than a year.

Sobyanin said 12 group were wounded, mostly adjacent the ​entrance to Moscow’s lipid refinery, while 3 houses were damaged. The “technology” of the ​refinery was ⁠not damaged, he added.

Moscow location Governor Andrei Vorobyov said a female was killed erstwhile a location was deed successful Khimki, northbound of the capital, adding that rescuers were searching the debris for different person. Two ⁠men ​were killed successful the colony of Pogorelki successful the Mytishchi ​district.

Several residential high-rises and infrastructure accommodation were damaged, he said.

The country’s largest airdrome - Moscow’s Sheremetyevo - said drone debris had fallen connected ​its territory without causing immoderate damage.