MOSCOW/KYIV — Ukrainian drones struck Moscow on Tuesday but were neutralized, Russia said in what one politician called the worst attack on the capital since World War Two, while Kyiv was also hit by air for the third time in 24 hours. Some filmed a drone being shot down and a plume of smoke rising over the Moscow skyline. Kyiv high-rise hitIn Kyiv, Ukrainian defense forces said they shot down more than 20 Iranian-made Shahed drones on Tuesday. Ukraine is promising a counter-offensive backed with Western weapons to try to drive Russian occupiers from territory seized since Moscow launched its “special military operation”. But Kyiv insists full withdrawal of Russian troops is the only way to end the war.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer May 30, 2023 20:20 UTC