Ukraine launches one of its largest aerial attacks of the war, killing at least 6 people in Russia - AP News
Ukraine launched a massive drone attack across Russia, resulting in at least six deaths and significant damage to infrastructure. Simultaneously, Russian forces continued their own aerial strikes against Ukrainian targets, including energy facilities and residential areas.
Why it matters
The escalation of long-range drone warfare marks a significant shift in the conflict, bringing the physical destruction of the war directly to the Russian interior.
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Ukraine launched hundreds of drones across Russia on Sunday, killing at least six people in one of Kyiv’s largest aerial attacks of the war.
Kyiv has stepped up its attacks on Russia this year, with long-range missiles and swarms of drones targeting military industries and energy facilities. It has also increasingly pummeled giant Wildberries depots, burning billions of dollars’ worth of merchandise belonging to the Russian online retail giant. Those attacks have brought the war home to the Russian public nearly 4½ years into Moscow’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
Meanwhile, Ukraine also came under Russian attack, with drone strikes destroying homes and torching Kyiv’s landmark book market.
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