At least four people were killed, including three in the Moscow region, after Ukraine launched its largest overnight drone attack on the Russian capital in more than a year, local officials said on Sunday.
A fourth person was killed in the Belgorod region, which borders northeastern Ukraine, local authorities said, while the Russian Defense Ministry stated that by midday more than 1,000 Ukrainian drones had been shot down over Russian territory over the past 24 hours.
Ukrainian President Zelensky had vowed revenge on Friday after Russia's heaviest drone and missile attack on Kiev over a two-day period since the start of the war more than four years ago.
Confirming the attack, Zelensky posted a video on X showing a drone in flight, columns of black smoke and fire crews trying to put out the flames.
"Our responses to Russia's protracted war and its attacks on our cities and communities are fully justified," Zelensky said.
He added that Ukraine was able to hit targets more than 500 kilometers from the border, despite dense Russian air defenses around Moscow.
"We are saying clearly to the Russians: their country must end the war,He said.
The Russian Foreign Ministry accused Kiev of targeting civilians.
Both sides in the conflict deny deliberately targeting civilians, writes Reuters.
