Ukraine: Russia Launches Biggest Drone Attack Since Start of War
Russia hit Ukraine overnight with its largest drone attack since the onset of the war, causing some damage at a military airfield in the West of the country that was one of its main targets, the country's air force announced on Monday.
It was the latest in Moscow's strikes since Ukraine's large-scale raids against a number of Russian air bases deep inside Russia earlier this month.Ukraine's air defence units downed 460 out of 479 drones and 19 out of 20 missiles launched by the Russian military, the air force claimed in a statement.A military airfield close to Ukraine's Western border was the key target, air force spokesperson Yuriy Ihnat stated"The main strike was targeting... one of the operational air fields. There are some hits," Ihnat told Ukrainian TV, without elaborating on the damage.
Russia's Defence Ministry, for its part, announced the attack was another strike in response to Kyiv's raids on Russian bases this month, adding that "all designated facilities" had been hit.In recent days, Moscow reported several large-scale strikes using drones and long-range precision-guided weapons against Ukrainian defense industry enterprises; military airfields; drone production, storage and launch sites; arms depots as well as the deployment points of Ukrainian military units and foreign mercenaries.However, Reuters reported on Saturday, citing unnamed US officials, that Washington believes that Moscow’s retaliation “has not happened yet in earnest and is likely to be a significant, multi-pronged strike". One of the sources noted that the Russian response is expected within days.The more than three-year-old war in Ukraine has been escalating as the peace negotiations between Kyiv and Moscow have so far failed to yield any significant results. The two sides remain deeply divided on how to end the conflict.
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