Ukraine-Russia war latest: Drone strike on Moscow disrupts flights after Trump warns Putin ‘playing with fire’
Russia says its air defences destroyed or intercepted well over 100 Ukrainian drones far into the night over widely separated areas of Russia, including a swarm of drones repelled while headed for Moscow, officials said early today.
The raid forced the closure of two airports serving the Russian capital – Vnukovo and Zhukovsky. Ukraine’s attack came after Russia launched the heaviest drone bombardment of the war so far, launching more than 900 over a three-day period that ended early Monday morning.
That attack saw US president Donald Trump brand Vladimir Putin “absolutely crazy”, and the Kremlin responded by saying the US president was being “emotional”.
Earlier, Russia said it had agreed a prisoner exchange with the US involving nine detainees from each side. Putin’s foreign minister said the deal was discussed on the phone call between Trump and Putin last week, and he praised the US president as a man “who wants results”.
- For more: Elrisala website and for social networking, you can follow us on Facebook
- Source of information and images “independent”“
