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Ukraine launches massive drone attack on Russia, killing six

Ukraine launches massive drone attack on Russia, killing six
Russia-Ukraine war escalates: Ukraine launches 822 drones at Russia, NATO jet intercepts drone over Romania · livemint.com

There is a big war happening between two countries, Ukraine and Russia.

On Sunday, Ukraine sent hundreds of drones, remote-controlled flying machines that can carry bombs, into Russia.

Russia says it stopped most of them, but some drones still hit homes and buildings.

At least six people in Russia died, including an 83-year-old man in his own home.

A big storage building for a store called Wildberries caught fire in the town of Podolsk.

Russia also sent attacks back at Ukraine, and at least five people in Ukraine died.

Fires broke out in the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv, where even a book market burned.

A Spanish fighter jet shot down a drone that flew into the airspace of a nearby country called Romania.

All of this is part of a war that has been going on for almost four and a half years.

Key facts

Ukrainian drones launched
Hundreds
Drones Russia says it destroyed
822
Drones detected heading to Moscow
About 600
People killed in Russia
At least 6
People killed in Ukraine
At least 5
Drones targeting Rostov region
More than 150
Kryvyi Rih strike casualties
2 killed, 14 wounded
NATO airspace incident
Spanish F-18 shot down drone over Romania

Quotes

Volodymyr Zelenskyy

President of Ukraine

“"Wherever the Russians can reach with their ballistic missiles, they strike civilian infrastructure," Zelenskyy said. "Since this morning, air raid alerts have continued in many regions – the Russians launched another wave of drones."”
CNBC TV 18

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