Ukraine-Russia war latest: Moscow hit by drone swarm for third night after Russian attack starts fires in Kyiv
Moscow has been targeted by a swarm of Ukrainian drones for the third night in a row, while Russian drones hit Kyiv overnight as the two countries exchanged attacks on each other’s capitals.
Russian authorities said they were fighting off Ukrainian drones the entire day on Tuesday, when at least 105 hit Russia and at least 19 targeted Moscow ahead of Vladimir Putin’s grand Victory Day parade on Friday.
Despite Vladimir Putin claiming to want a 72-hour truce this week to mark the occasion, Russia also launched a major drone strike on Kyiv overnight that set several apartments on fire, officials said.
Earlier, the Kremlin claimed US veterans of the Second World War and nearly 30 foreign leaders will attend commemorations in Moscow this week to mark the Soviet Union’s victory over Nazi Germany.
Kyiv has warned that attendance would undermine countries’ claims to neutrality over Russia’s war in Ukraine.
