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Ukraine launches massive drone attack on Russia, killing six
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.
Ukraine launched hundreds of drones across Russia in one of its largest aerial attacks of the war, killing at least six people.
Russia's Defence Ministry said it destroyed 822 Ukrainian drones, with about 600 detected heading toward Moscow.
More than 150 drones hit three towns in the Rostov region, killing five people and sparking a forest fire.
Russian strikes killed at least five people in Ukraine, including in Kryvyi Rih, Sumy and Zaporizhzhia, and sparked fires in Kyiv.
A Spanish F-18 fighter jet shot down a drone that entered Romanian airspace near the eastern city of Galati.
- Who
- Ukraine and Russia, including Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin, regional governors Andrey Vorobyov and Yury Slyusar, and Spanish air-policing forces.
- What
- Ukraine launched hundreds of drones into Russia in one of its largest aerial attacks of the war, while Russian missile and drone strikes hit Ukrainian cities, killing at least 11 people across both countries.
- Where
- Across Russia (Moscow, the Moscow region, Podolsk and the Rostov region), across Ukraine (Kryvyi Rih, Sumy, Zaporizhzhia and Kyiv), and in Romanian airspace near Galati.
- When
- On Sunday, with attacks overnight and continuing through the day.
- Why
- The attacks are part of the ongoing war nearly 4½ years after Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, with Ukraine increasingly targeting military industries and energy facilities.
Ukraine's perspective
Russia's perspective
Targeting of the attacks
Ukraine's perspective
Zelenskyy says Russia strikes civilian infrastructure with ballistic missiles, while Ukraine targets military industries and energy facilities deep inside Russia.
Russia's perspective
Russia's Defence Ministry says its strikes target military and industrial facilities, such as a metallurgical plant in Kryvyi Rih and military-industrial sites in Kyiv, while highlighting civilian deaths and damage on Russian soil.
Responsibility for civilian casualties
Ukraine's perspective
Ukraine points to at least five deaths and more than 20 wounded in Russian strikes on Kryvyi Rih, Sumy, Zaporizhzhia and Kyiv.
Russia's perspective
Russian authorities report at least six civilian deaths on Russian territory, including an 83-year-old man in the Moscow region and five people in the Rostov region.
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."”
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