Moscow, June 18 (IANS) Russian air defence forces have shot down approximately 180 UAVs as Moscow continues to tackle a massive drone attack from Ukraine, the local media reported on Thursday.Moscow’s Mayor Sergei Sobyanin stated that it is the largest drone attack on the Russian capital in the last two years, the country’s state-owned Tass media reported.”The air defence’s work continues,” the Mayor emphasised. An oil refinery in the Kapotnya district was also attacked by several drones. The …
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Kyiv, June 7 (IANS) Ukraine’s state-run nuclear energy operator Energoatom on Sunday accused Russia of attacking its spent nuclear fuel storage facility near the disused Chornobyl power plant.According to Energoatom, a drone strike occurred at around 2:10 a.m. on Saturday, partially destroying the facility’s container-receiving building.The agency said that no spent nuclear fuel was stored in the damaged structure, Xinhua news agency reported.A fire covering an area of about 40 square metres was…
St. Petersburg, June 6 (IANS) Russian air defence forces shot down 144 Ukrainian drones over the Leningrad region during an aerial attack, regional Governor Alexander Drozdenko said on social media on Saturday.Drozdenko said no major damage was reported. However, falling drone debris was reported in several districts, causing minor damage to residential buildings.A fire broke out at a Russian Defence Ministry facility in the Lomonosovsky district as a result of the attack, Drozdenko said, Xinhua…
Moscow, April 1 (IANS) Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky should withdraw his forces from the Donbas region, Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said on Wednesday. “As we have stated, he must take responsibility and make this difficult decision. Doing so could save a great many lives,” Peskov said. “Most importantly, it would bring an end to the active phase of this conflict.”However, the pause in the trilateral talks between Russia, the United States and Ukraine is unrelated to the issue of …