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Ukraine launches one of its largest aerial attacks of the war, killing at least 6 people in Russia
PBS • • world
Key Points:
- Ukraine launched one of its largest aerial attacks of the war on Sunday, deploying hundreds of drones across Russia, killing at least six people and targeting military industries, energy facilities, and Wildberries retail depots.
- Russian defenses claimed to have destroyed 822 Ukrainian drones overnight, with around 600 detected heading toward Moscow; an 83-year-old man was killed in the Moscow region, and a Wildberries warehouse was set ablaze.
- Russian drone strikes also hit Ukraine, killing civilians and damaging infrastructure, including a missile attack on Kryvyi Rih that killed two people and partially suspended operations at the country's largest steel producer.
- NATO's Spanish F-18 fighter jet shot down a drone that entered Romanian airspace near the Moldova border, marking an escalation in drone incidents in the region amid ongoing conflict; debris was found near the Black Sea coast.
- Moldova detected a Geran-type Shahed drone crossing its airspace from Ukraine toward Romania, highlighting increased drone activity near NATO borders and prompting enhanced air policing by allied forces.
