From the BBC:
“Moscow targeted as Ukraine
and Russia trade huge drone attacks”
(Reuters Grainy image of flames
seen rising from debris in a residential area of Russia. Two people can be seen
with their backs to the camera, looking at the scene of debris. Thick black
smoke is rising from the flames.)
Russia and Ukraine have carried
out their largest drone attacks against each other since the start of the war. Russia's
defence ministry said it intercepted 84 Ukrainian drones over six regions,
including some approaching Moscow, which forced flights to be diverted from
three of the capital's major airports. Ukraine's air force said Russia launched
145 drones towards every part of the country on Saturday night, with most shot
down. The barrages come amid expectations that US president-elect Donald Trump
may put pressure on both sides to end the conflict.
Ukraine's attempted strike on
Moscow was also its biggest attack on the capital since the war began, and was
described as "massive" by the region's governor. Most of the drones
were downed in the Ramenskoye, Kolomna and Domodedovo districts, officials
said. In Ramenskoye, south-west of Moscow, five people were injured and four
houses caught fire due to falling debris, the Russian Ministry of Defense said.
It added that 34 drones had been shot down over the town. In September, a woman
was killed in a drone attack that hit Ramenskoye. In May last year, two drones
were destroyed near the Kremlin in central Moscow and there were several drone
attacks on the Moscow City business district.
In Ukraine, at least two people
were injured after a drone hit the Odesa region. Images showed flames rising
from some buildings, as well as aftermath damage. The Ukrainian air force said
62 of Russia's Iranian-made drones were shot down, while 67 were
"lost". A further 10 left Ukraine's airspace heading back towards
Russia, as well as neighbouring Belarus and Moldova, it added. The drone
barrages comes as Russian troops reportedly made their largest territorial
gains in October since March 2022, according to analysis of Institute for the
Study of War data by the AFP news agency. However, Sir Tony Radakin, the UK's
chief of defence staff, told the BBC's Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg programme
that Russia had suffered its worst month for casualties since the start of the
war. Russian forces suffered an average of about 1,500 dead and injured
"every single day" in October, he said.
There has been intense
speculation about how Trump will approach the conflict since his election win
in the US. The president-elect regularly said in his election campaign that he
could end the war "in a day", but has not offered details on how he
would do that. A former adviser to Trump, Bryan Lanza, told the BBC that the
incoming administration would focus on achieving peace rather than enabling
Ukraine to gain back territory from Russia. In response, a spokesperson for
Trump distanced the president-elect from the remarks, saying Mr Lanza
"does not speak for him". Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov spoke via
state media on Sunday of "positive" signals from the incoming US
administration. He claimed that Trump spoke during his election campaign about
wanting peace and not a desire to inflict defeat on Russia. Trump has spoken to
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky since his election win, a source telling
the BBC that the conversation lasted "about half an hour". Zelensky
has previously warned against conceding land to Russia and has said that
without US aid, Ukraine would lose the war.
^ The more Ukraine brings Russia’s
War to the Russian People the better. ^
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