Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky has described drone attacks that killed at least three people in Moscow as ‘entirely justified’.
In an apparent tit–for–tat move after Kremlin drone attacks killed 24 people in Kyiv last week, Ukraine launched its largest attack on the Russian capital city.
A woman died in Khimki, north of Moscow, while a man and a woman were killed in the village of Pogorelki.
Russia’s military on Sunday night said 556 Ukrainian drones were intercepted across the country, 130 of them in the Moscow region.
Ukraine’s targets included the city’s busiest airport, Sheremetyevo, and an oil refinery south–west of Moscow.
Ukraine claimed responsibility for the long–range attacks, as President Zelensky posted on social media: ‘We are clearly telling the Russians their state must end its war.
‘Our responses to Russia’s prolongation of the war and its attacks on our cities are entirely justified. This time, Ukrainian long–range sanctions reached the Moscow region.
‘Ukrainian drone and missile manufacturers continue their work. I am grateful to the Security Service of Ukraine and all the Defence Forces for their precision.
‘The distance from Ukraine’s state border is over 500 kilometres. The concentration of Russian air defences in the Moscow region is the highest. But we are overcoming it. Glory to Ukraine.’
