Russia has been bombarded in the biggest Ukrainian drone attack of the war, Moscow officials have said, on the same day as crunch talks are set to be held between Kyiv and the United States.

The Russian Defence Ministry said air defences shot down 337 Ukrainian drones over 10 Russian regions overnight, a record high, as Ukraine hit back at a series of brutal recent attacks launched by Moscow.

At least one Russian civilian has been killed and several injured, with dramatic footage showing fires raging from the exploding drones including in high rise residential buildings near Moscow.

  • Dzso@lemmy.world
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    17 hours ago

    If Ukraine actually did this, it’s a beautiful find out stage after Russia has been fucking around for far too long. But the skeptic in me says this is actually a false flag staged to manufacture reasons to deny peace talks and continue to escalate.

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      10 hours ago

      Ukraine attacking civilians is old news. They love crashing their drones into whatever house is nearby when they fail to find a military target.

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        22 minutes ago

        Thankfully Russia has taken great care to avoid civilian deaths, which is why we thankfully never have to include it as context.

    • ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.ml
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      9 hours ago

      Russia doesn’t need a pretext, they’re winning the war. Meanwhile, the fact that you think terrorist attacks against civilians is a beautiful things says all we need to know about you as a person.