Ukraine targets Moscow ahead of ceasefire talks with US
Al Jazeera
‘Massive’ drone attack launched on Russian capital as Kyiv officials prepare to try to mend US ties in ceasefire talks.
Ukraine has launched a “massive” early morning drone attack against the Russian capital that killed at least one person, injured several others and saw the shutdown of airports and damaged residential buildings, Moscow officials and aviation authorities said.
The drone raid, the largest against Moscow in months, comes as Ukraine is poised to present the United States with a plan for a partial ceasefire with Russia during talks on Tuesday in Saudi Arabia.
Andrei Vorobyov, governor of the Moscow region, said that one person was killed and three more wounded as a result of the raid, which began at 4am local time (01:00 GMT). The wave of attack drones damaged seven apartments in a residential building in the Moscow region’s Ramenskoye district, Vorobyov said.
Russia’s Ministry of Defence said that air defences destroyed a total of 337 Ukrainian drones overnight, with 91 of them over the Moscow region.
Earlier, Moscow’s Mayor Sergei Sobyanin described “a massive attack by enemy drones on Moscow”, which was being repelled by Russian air defences.
Comments come after long meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and two senior US officials in Moscow.
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