“It is entirely justified for Ukrainians to respond to Russian terror by any means necessary to stop it,” the Ukrainian president said.
Ukrainian drones reportedly targeted 16 Russian regions over the weekend, marking Kyiv’s “largest” attack on Russian soil in the war so far, a think tank said.
“Ukrainian forces reportedly conducted the largest series of drone strikes against targets within Russia on the night of August 31 to September 1”, the U.S.-based Institute for the Study of War said in its latest analysis of the conflict on Sunday.
Russia’s defense ministry said 15 regions had been targeted by Ukrainian drones, and one governor said a drone was shot down over his region as well. The ministry reported Sunday that Russia’s air defense systems had destroyed and intercepted 158 Ukrainian drones, including 46 over the Kursk region, where a large-scale Ukrainian incursion is ongoing; 34 over Bryansk; 28 over Voronezh; and 14 over Belgorod.
Drones were also reportedly downed over Moscow City and the Moscow region, Ryazan, Kaluga, Lipetsk, Tula, Tambov, Smolensk, Oryol, Tver, Ivanovo and Yaroslavl.
