Kiev’s forces hit a feed-processing plant in the area, according to regional head Aleksandr Khinstein Four people have been killed and two others wounded in a Ukrainian military strike that hit a feed-processing plant in Kursk Region, western Russia, local governor Aleksandr Khinstein has said. […]
The number of people killed in the major multi-wave assault has risen to three, according to officials The death toll from a major multi-wave Ukrainian drone attack on civilian sites in the area of the Russian capital has risen to three, after a 43-year-old man […]
The number of people killed in the major multi-wave assault has risen to three, according to officials
The death toll from a major multi-wave Ukrainian drone attack on civilian sites in the area of the Russian capital has risen to three, after a 43-year-old man succumbed to his injuries in the hospital, Moscow Region Governor Andrey Vorobyov reported on Tuesday.
According to the Russian Defense Ministry, a total of 337 Ukrainian drones were neutralized on Tuesday night, with 91 of them intercepted over Moscow Region.
In a Telegram post, Vorobyov stated that the deceased man suffered a stomach wound, a broken shoulder, and a shin injury from shrapnel after drone debris fell into a parking lot. “Doctors fought for his life until the very end,” he wrote.
The man is survived by his wife and five-year-old son. “We will make sure the family is well taken care of,” Vorobyov said.
Like the other two victims of the drone attack, he was an employee of the Russian company Miratorg. A security guard was killed instantly, while two other men succumbed to their wounds in the hospital.
Moscow was hit by the largest-ever wave of Ukrainian kamikaze drones on Tuesday night. Russian air defenses intercepted hundreds of UAVs, according to officials.
At least one residential high-rise in the capital sustained damage from falling debris, Moscow Mayor Sergey Sobyanin confirmed. Outside the city, multiple buildings were also damaged, according to Vorobyov.
The Russian Investigative Committee has officially classified the Ukrainian operation as an act of terrorism. Moscow claims Kiev has resorted to such tactics due to setbacks on the battlefield.
First Deputy Chairman of the State Duma Defense Committee Aleksey Zhuravlev told RIA Novosti that the “Kiev regime is close to its death throes” and will increasingly desperately attack Russia to escalate the conflict.
The attack came just hours before high-level discussions between US and Ukrainian officials are set to start in Saudi Arabia. The Trump administration has accused Vladimir Zelensky of stalling Washington’s efforts to broker a truce with Moscow by refusing to compromise.
Despite the US halting military aid to Kiev, it still has enough weapons to last months, spokesman Dmitry Peskov has said Recent US decisions on Ukraine should not be viewed through “rose-colored glasses,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov has said, cautioning against excessive optimism about a […]
Despite the US halting military aid to Kiev, it still has enough weapons to last months, spokesman Dmitry Peskov has said
Recent US decisions on Ukraine should not be viewed through “rose-colored glasses,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov has said, cautioning against excessive optimism about a change in the conflict.
His statement comes after US President Donald Trump paused military aid and intelligence sharing with Kiev. Some EU nations, though, have continued to provide military data.
While Moscow has welcomed Washington’s suspension of assistance and expressed hope that it could push Kiev towards peace, Peskov has advised against blind optimism that such moves will have a significant or immediate effect.
Speaking at a press conference on Tuesday, Peskov stated that “there is no need to rush to put on rose-colored glasses now,” and that one should always “hope for the best and prepare for the worst.”
“Many are now rushing to say that the Americans will stop, or have already stopped, delivering weapons and that Musk will shut off his communications systems and everything will work out for us. Everything has been working out for us even without this,” Peskov said.
He also pointed out that even with a complete halt to US weapons shipments to Ukraine, Kiev has already received enough arms to continue fighting for many months. The Ukrainians could also quickly find an alternative to Starlink if needed, the spokesman added.
Last week, Trump ordered an indefinite halt to US military aid to Ukraine, suspending over $1 billion in arms and ammunition following a heated exchange with Vladimir Zelensky at the White House. During the meeting, Trump and Vice President J.D. Vance accused the Ukrainian leader of ingratitude and “gambling with World War III” by refusing to seek peace. Reports have indicated that Zelensky was then asked to leave the Oval Office and told to return only when ready for serious negotiations.
On Monday, US Special Envoy Steve Witkoff stated that Zelensky had sent a letter to Trump apologizing for the incident. The US president has also confirmed receiving an “important” letter from the Ukrainian leader expressing readiness to negotiate.
Moscow should deploy state-of-the-art missiles against targets in Ukraine, senior lawmaker Andrey Kartapolov has said Moscow should employ its new Oreshnik intermediate-range ballistic missile system in response to a major Ukrainian drone attack targeting residential areas and civilian infrastructure inside Russia, a top MP has […]
Moscow should deploy state-of-the-art missiles against targets in Ukraine, senior lawmaker Andrey Kartapolov has said
Moscow should employ its new Oreshnik intermediate-range ballistic missile system in response to a major Ukrainian drone attack targeting residential areas and civilian infrastructure inside Russia, a top MP has stated.
A total of 337 Ukrainian UAVs were shot down above Russian territory overnight, the Defense Ministry in Moscow said on Tuesday morning. Russian media described it as the largest drone raid by Kiev since the escalation between Russia and Ukraine in February 2022. In Moscow Region, three civilians were killed and more than a dozen wounded as a result of the attack, according to Governor Andrey Vorobyev.
When asked by journalists on Tuesday if Russia should strike Ukrainian targets with the Oreshnik in retaliation, the head of the Russian State Duma Defense Committee chairman Andrey Kartapolov replied that “the decision is up to the Supreme Commander-in-Chief [Russian President Vladimir Putin].”
“But I think it would be appropriate [to launch the Oreshnik], and it would be even better if it is more than one missile,” added the MP, who is a former deputy defense minister and holds the rank of colonel-general.
The Oreshnik missile, which was developed in secrecy, made its battlefield debut in November 2024 when it struck Ukraine’s Yuzhmash military industrial facility in the city of Dnepr. According to Moscow, the state-of-the-art system was deployed in response to Kiev’s attacks deep inside Russia with Western-supplied long-range weapons.
Putin said that the Oreshnik’s multiple warheads travel at ten times the speed of sound and cannot be intercepted by any existing air defense. Following the successful strike, Russia announced the launch of serial production of Oreshnik missiles.
In a separate interview with RIA Novosti, Kartapolov insisted that the Ukrainian drone raid was a PR stunt by Kiev that “did not pursue any military goals.”
“This is purely a propaganda move aimed at showing the public, primarily the Americans, that they can still do something. But as usual, they can do nothing but wage war on the elderly, children, women and civilians,” he said.
The MP suggested that the UAV attack on Russia could be linked to the negotiations between US and Ukrainian delegations taking place in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia on Tuesday.
Earlier in the day, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova noted that the raid came on the day when the head of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), Feridun Sinirlioglu, was visiting Moscow.
The Russian Foreign Ministry has accused Kiev of deliberately launching a raid to coincide with the organization’s visit A delegation from the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) has arrived at a site in Moscow Region that earlier on Tuesday was attacked by […]
The Russian Foreign Ministry has accused Kiev of deliberately launching a raid to coincide with the organization’s visit
A delegation from the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) has arrived at a site in Moscow Region that earlier on Tuesday was attacked by Ukrainian kamikaze drones.
The delegation inspected damage to a civilian residential building in the western district of the city of Vidnoye, south of Moscow.
A total of 337 Ukrainian UAVs were shot down over Russian territory overnight, the Defense Ministry reported earlier in the day. The majority were intercepted in the Kursk and Moscow regions, with 129 and 91 drones downed, respectively. In Moscow Region, three civilians lost their lives, and more than a dozen were injured, according to Governor Andrey Vorobyev.
“The OSCE Secretary General [Feridun Sinirlioglu] was taken to the site where the drones fell and exploded so that he could witness the actual reality firsthand, rather than relying on reports, including those prepared by those who sponsor the Kiev regime, that depict a distorted version of events,” Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Tuesday.
She accused Ukraine of deliberately orchestrating the assault to coincide with the visit of the OSCE Secretary General to Moscow.
“This is not the first time that a trip to Moscow by a high-ranking foreign delegation is being accompanied by a Ukrainian drone attack,” Zakharova said, adding that viewing the results of the attack would illustrate for Sinirlioglu “the true nature of the Kiev regime.”
Moscow has previously accused the OSCE of multiple failures throughout the Ukraine conflict, including a lack of objectivity.
Last year, Russia criticized the OSCE for failing to denounce killings of Russian civilians by Ukrainian forces during raids they conducted in border regions.
The record assault unfolded ahead of US-Ukraine talks in Saudi Arabia, where Washington will pressure for peace Moscow faced its largest-ever wave of Ukrainian kamikaze drones on Tuesday night, with Russian air defenses successfully intercepting hundreds of the incoming UAVs, according to officials. Later in […]
The record assault unfolded ahead of US-Ukraine talks in Saudi Arabia, where Washington will pressure for peace
Moscow faced its largest-ever wave of Ukrainian kamikaze drones on Tuesday night, with Russian air defenses successfully intercepting hundreds of the incoming UAVs, according to officials.
Later in the day, senior Ukrainian and US officials are set to meet in Saudi Arabia to discuss potential peace negotiations – a process President Donald Trump is pushing both Kiev and Moscow to embrace.
According to the Russian Defense Ministry, a total of 337 Ukrainian drones were neutralized overnight.
The ministry’s statement detailed that 126 of these were intercepted over Kursk Region, which is adjacent to the Ukrainian border and well-covered by Russian air defenses; 91 were brought down over Moscow Region, which surrounds the capital.
Largest raid of its kind
Moscow Mayor Sergey Sobyanin described the Ukrainian attack as the most extensive to have targeted the city, with at least 74 drones aimed directly at the capital. However, he only reported minor damage; the roof of an apartment complex was struck.
Moscow Region, however, sustained more serious consequences. Governor Andrey Vorobyov detailed casualties across three municipalities, with the most devastating incident occurring in Domodedovo. A disabled drone struck a parking lot at a food factory, killing a night guard instantly. Another worker suffered severe head injuries and died shortly after being hospitalized.
Two other victims remain in critical condition, Vorobyov stated, while Children’s Ombudsman Maria Lvova-Belova has reported that three children have suffered minor injuries. Hours later Domodedovo head Evgenia Khrustalyova announced the death of another patient who had been admitted with injuries sustained in the attack.
Terrorism investigation
The Russian Investigative Committee has officially classified the Ukrainian operation as an act of terrorism. Moscow claims Kiev has resorted to such tactics due to setbacks on the battlefield.
Russian MP Leonid Slutsky alleged that some of the intercepted drones were aimed at the Kursk nuclear power plant, calling it an act of “nuclear blackmail.”
Meanwhile, a resident of Sapornovo, whose home was damaged by a drone, reported discovering ball bearings — components often used in explosive payloads in order to maximize casualties.
Talks in Saudi Arabia
The attack came just hours before high-level discussions between US and Ukrainian officials are set to start in Saudi Arabia. The Trump administration has accused Vladimir Zelensky of stalling Washington’s efforts to broker a truce with Moscow by refusing to compromise.
In response to US criticism, Zelensky proposed a limited ceasefire that would halt long-range strikes from both sides, arguing that such a measure could facilitate negotiations. The Russian military has been destroying Ukrainian energy infrastructure, maintaining that these strikes cripple Kiev’s ability to produce weapons and transport military assets.
Ukrainian forces have been launching kamikaze drones at high-value Russian sites, including oil refineries and gas pipelines, such as a key Black Sea fuel supply route to Türkiye.
Andrey Kovalenko, head of Kiev’s Center for Countering Disinformation, directly linked the attack with the talks in Jeddah, calling it a signal to Moscow that Ukraine can cause “panic” among civilians, unless Zelensky’s proposal is accepted.
Russian reaction
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov called the outcome of the raid a testament to the capability of Russian air defenses, urging the media to direct questions about its timing to Kiev.
Andrey Kartapolov, a general-turned-MP who chairs the State Duma Defense Committee, suggested deploying Oreshnik medium-range missiles in retaliation. Speaking to a journalist, he called for multiple precision strikes using these advanced ballistic weapons.
Rodion Miroshnik, a senior Russian diplomat monitoring Ukrainian war crimes, described the attack as a strategic show of force orchestrated by Kiev and its European backers, particularly the UK, and other actors who oppose the emerging thaw in US-Russian relations.
London and Brussels have criticized Trump’s decision to suspend new arms shipments to Ukraine in an effort to pressure Zelensky.
Meanwhile, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova has suggested that the raid could serve as proof of Ukraine’s “terrorist nature” for Feridun Sinirlioglu, Secretary General of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), who is visiting Moscow this week.
A total of 337 UAVs were shot down above Russian territory overnight, according to the Defense Ministry Ukraine launched a large-scale drone attack on Russia to specifically coincide with a visit to Moscow by the head of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe […]
A total of 337 UAVs were shot down above Russian territory overnight, according to the Defense Ministry
Ukraine launched a large-scale drone attack on Russia to specifically coincide with a visit to Moscow by the head of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova has said.
A total of 337 Ukrainian UAVs were shot down above Russian territory overnight, the Defense Ministry in Moscow said on Tuesday morning. Most of the drones were intercepted in Kursk and Moscow Regions, where 129 and 91 UAVs were downed respectively. In Moscow Region, three civilians were killed and more than a dozen wounded as a result of the raid, according to governor Andrey Vorobyev.
Zakharova wrote on Telegram on Tuesday that it was no coincidence that “the Kiev regime sent UAVs towards the capital when it was visited by OSCE Secretary General [Feridun Sinirlioglu].”
“This is not the first time that a trip to Moscow by a high-ranking foreign delegation is being accompanied by a Ukrainian drone attack,” she stressed.
The spokeswoman also expressed regret that during the conflict between Russia and Ukraine the OSCE “has been reduced to merely a talking shop, deprived of its original purpose of ensuring security and cooperation in Europe, by the sponsors of [Ukrainian leader Vladimir] Zelensky.”
According to an earlier statement, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov will be holding a meeting with Sinirlioglu in Moscow on Tuesday.
A wide range of topics connected to Russia’s interactions with the OSCE and its leadership will be discussed during the talks, the statement read. Moscow also intends to raise the issue of the safety of journalists and ways to increase the effectiveness of the organization’s work in this area, it added.
Zakharova said on Monday that the OSCE continues to be in the “deepest existential and institutional crisis,” but expressed hope that there will be “a constructive, comprehensive exchange of opinions” between Lavrov and Sinirlioglu.
The last time the secretary general of the OSCE visited Moscow was in June 2021, more than half a year before the escalation between Russia and Ukraine. At the time, the organization was headed by Helga Schmid.
Moscow has accused the OSCE of multiple failings throughout the Ukraine conflict, including a lack of objectivity.
Last year, Russia criticized the OSCE for failing to denounce the killings of Russian civilians by Ukrainian forces during their raids in border regions. It also accused the organization of covering up irregularities in the Moldovan presidential election, which was won pro-Western President Maia Sandu.
Earlier this month, former Greek ambassador to Ukraine Vasilios Bornovas claimed that OSCE observers who had been working in Donbass between 2014 and 2022 secretly shared intelligence with Kiev.
Ukraine launched its biggest ever overnight raid on Moscow, the city’s mayor has said Russian air defenses have intercepted 337 Ukrainian drones overnight, the Defense Ministry in Moscow said on Tuesday morning. One civilian is reported to have been killed by the attack. The drone […]
Ukraine launched its biggest ever overnight raid on Moscow, the city’s mayor has said
Russian air defenses have intercepted 337 Ukrainian drones overnight, the Defense Ministry in Moscow said on Tuesday morning. One civilian is reported to have been killed by the attack.
The drone wave launched from Ukrainian territory was primarily aimed at Moscow, information provided by the military suggests. The largest number of interceptions occurred in the heavily fortified border Kursk Region, where 126 drones were destroyed. An additional 91 UAVs were taken down in Moscow Region, surrounding the capital.
Moscow Mayor Sergey Sobyanin provided multiple updates throughout the night, with his latest message stating that 74 drones had been downed on their approach to the city, in what he called the largest such Ukrainian attack to date.
Moscow Region Governor Andrey Vorobyov reported casualties across three municipalities, including a fatality in Domodedovo. A 38-year-old night guard was killed and two more people died in hospital later after a drone crashed into the parking lot of a food plant, damaging approximately 20 vehicles. In total, more than a dozen people have been injured in the region, including a four-year-old child, according to the governor.
The raid was one of the largest conducted by Ukraine to date, although its scale is not without precedent.
Kiev claims that low-cost long-range kamikaze drones are effective at striking deep within Russian territory. Moscow has accused the Ukrainian government of resorting to terrorist tactics due to setbacks on the battlefield. The Russian Investigative Committee is treating the latest attack as terrorism, it said on Tuesday.
Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelensky recently proposed a limited air truce, suggesting a halt to long-range drone attacks in exchange for Russia ceasing its strike on Ukrainian energy infrastructure – operations that Moscow argues are crippling Kiev’s arms production and military logistics. Russia insists on a comprehensive truce, arguing that Ukraine would use any pause to regroup its forces and continue hostilities.
Zelensky is facing pressure from US President Donald Trump, who is seeking a swift resolution to the Ukraine conflict and has criticized Kiev for undermining his efforts.
Steve Witkoff is reportedly planning to meet President Vladimir Putin while US officials negotiate with a Ukrainian delegation in Saudi Arabia US President Donald Trump’s special envoy to the Middle East, Steve Witkoff, is set to travel to Moscow this week for a meeting with […]
Steve Witkoff is reportedly planning to meet President Vladimir Putin while US officials negotiate with a Ukrainian delegation in Saudi Arabia
US President Donald Trump’s special envoy to the Middle East, Steve Witkoff, is set to travel to Moscow this week for a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin, multiple media outlets including Reuters and Bloomberg have reported.
Neither US nor Russian officials have publicly confirmed the trip so far.
The scheduled visit is reportedly part of the White House’s ongoing efforts to negotiate a ceasefire in the Ukraine conflict. Witkoff previously met Putin in Moscow in February, in what he called a “trust-building” exercise which led to the release of US citizen Marc Fogel by Moscow in exchange for Russian national Aleksandr Vinnik.
According to Axios journalist Barak Ravid, Witkoff is expected to arrive in Moscow on March 13. A potential meeting with Putin in Moscow is scheduled for Thursday, Ravid wrote on X on Tuesday, which would follow on the heels of US Senators Rubio and Waltz meeting Ukrainian officials in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday.
The Saudi talks will assess Ukraine’s willingness to make “material concessions” to Russia for a ceasefire, Reuters reports, citing US officials. It comes as Trump has increased pressure on Ukraine’s Vladimir Zelensky to negotiate peace with Moscow.
Witkoff has been actively engaged in efforts to address the ongoing conflict in Ukraine. Last month, he participated in US-Russia negotiations held in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, alongside Rubio and Waltz in the first high-level bilateral meetings since former President Joe Biden’s administration froze relations with Moscow in 2022.
Kiev plans to propose an air and naval truce on Tuesday, a Ukrainian official told AFP. Russia has dismissed temporary ceasefires as a tactic to delay Ukraine’s defeat.
Zelensky is not scheduled to participate directly in the upcoming talks between US and Ukrainian officials. He met with with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman on Monday.
Trump, who has pushed to improve relations with Moscow since taking office in January, signaled on Sunday that “big meetings” were planned involving both Russia and Ukraine. Trump’s approach marks a shift from the former President Joe Biden administration’s policies, which maintained a more confrontational stance toward the Kremlin.
At least one person has been killed and three injured as 69 UAVs heading toward the capital have been destroyed by air defenses Moscow has repelled a major multi-wave Ukrainian drone attack, in which at least one residential high-rise in the capital has been damaged […]
At least one person has been killed and three injured as 69 UAVs heading toward the capital have been destroyed by air defenses
Moscow has repelled a major multi-wave Ukrainian drone attack, in which at least one residential high-rise in the capital has been damaged by falling debris, according to Mayor Sergey Sobyanin. Outside the Russian capital, at least one person has been killed and multiple buildings have been damaged, Moscow Region Governor Andrey Vorobyev has confirmed.
At least 69 incoming UAVs were shot down early Tuesday by air defenses southeast of the capital, Sobyanin wrote in a series of Telegram posts. According to the mayor, most of the drones were intercepted outside Moscow, and only one residential building in the city sustained damage, with no injuries reported.
“At the moment, the roof of a house in Moscow is slightly damaged by falling debris from a downed UAV on Domodedovo Street,” Sobyanin wrote, adding that emergency services were working at the scene.
However, at least three more residential buildings were damaged in the suburbs of Domodedovo, Vidnoye, and Ramenskoye, according to Vorobyev. He confirmed that one person was killed and three others were injured in those incidents.
“The debris of a drone hit an apartment building in Ramenskoye, damaging at least seven apartments on the 19th to 22nd floors,” Vorobyev said, confirming previous eyewitness accounts and videos circulating on social media.
Moscow’s Domodedovo, Sheremetyevo, Vnukovo and Zhukovsky international airports have suspended operations in response to the drone raid.
Kiev last attempted to launch a major drone attack on Moscow in November, when as many as 32 UAVs were shot down or intercepted over several Russian regions while heading toward the capital.
Meanwhile, the Russian regions of Belgorod, Kursk, Kherson, and Bryansk, as well as Russia’s Donetsk People’s Republic –all of which border Ukraine –have suffered the most from Kiev’s shelling and drone attacks. On Monday, at least four people were killed in a missile strike on a shopping center in Kursk; another three civilians died in an attack on a market in Kherson Region the day before.
Kiev is increasingly resorting to terrorist tactics, the head of the Federal Security Service (FSB), Aleksandr Bortnikov, warned last month. Ukraine will attempt to carry out strikes deep into Russian territory using drones and Western-supplied weapons, with the goal of “inflicting maximum economic damage and intimidating the population,” the top security official said.
At least four people have died a day after a similar missile attack on a market in Kherson Region At least a dozen people were killed or injured in a Ukrainian missile strike on a small shopping center in Russia’s Kursk Region on Monday evening, according […]
At least four people have died a day after a similar missile attack on a market in Kherson Region
At least a dozen people were killed or injured in a Ukrainian missile strike on a small shopping center in Russia’s Kursk Region on Monday evening, according to local acting governor Aleksandr Khinstein.
The death toll from the strike on the Dobrynya shopping center in the Belaya settlement of the Belovsky district has risen to four, according to the latest reports. The victims include two women, aged 65 and 36, a 39-year-old man, and an 18-year-old. Another nine people, including four teenagers aged 13 to 14, sustained injuries of varying severity.
“The crime of the Ukrainian junta was inhumane in its cynicism and cruelty,” Khinstein wrote on Telegram, noting that the attack occurred just as “people came shopping after work.”
Local doctors are doing “everything possible and impossible” to help the victims, while those with the most serious wounds will be airlifted to the regional clinical hospital, the official added.
The attack comes a day after the Ukrainian military launched two HIMARS rockets at a local market in the town of Veliky Kopani in Russia’s Kherson Region. According to regional governor Vladimir Saldo, Ukrainian forces “deliberately targeted” civilians, killing three people, including a 15-year-old, and injuring eight others.
Initial reports suggest that Kiev’s forces also used HIMARS rockets in the strike on Kursk, although the Russian Defense Ministry has yet to confirm the details of the attack.
Kiev has been receiving M142 HIMARS and its heavier tracked counterpart, the M270 MLRS, from the US and other Western backers since mid-2022. Initially touted as a key tool for striking high-value Russian assets, the systems have routinely been used by Kiev for strikes on civilian targets deep beyond the front line.
