Moscow is hit by largest drone attack in three years, officials say, on the same day as crunch talks are set to be held between Kyiv and the United States.
The Russian Defence Ministry said air defences shot down 337 Ukrainian drones over 10 Russian regions overnight, a record high, as Ukraine hit back at a series of brutal recent attacks launched by Moscow.
At least one Russian civilian has been killed and several injured, with dramatic footage showing fires raging from the exploding drones including in high rise residential buildings near Moscow.
The attack came as a Ukrainian delegation was set to meet with America’s top diplomat Marco Rubio in Saudi Arabia about ending the three-year war with Russia.
Volodymyr Zelensky, who was in Jeddah for talks with the Saudi Crown Prince on Monday will not stay for Tuesday’s meeting, which marks a new diplomatic push after the Ukrainian President’s explosive row with Donald Trump last week.
There has been no immediate comment from Kyiv on the strikes which shook Moscow and other Russian regions overnight.
126 drones were shot down over Kursk across the border from Ukraine, parts of which Kyiv’s forces control, while 91 were shot down over the Moscow region.
Other areas impacted by the strikes included Belgorod, Bryansk and Voronezh on the border with Ukraine and those deeper inside Russia, such as Kaluga, Lipetsk, Nizhny Novgorod, Oryol and Ryazan.
