Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said Sunday that Russian air defense had destroyed a drone nearing the capital, which had been rarely targeted throughout the conflict in Ukraine until several attacks this year.

"Today at around 11 am a drone attempted to make a breakthrough toward Moscow. It was destroyed while approaching by air defense forces,"

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Moscow intensified its attacks in Ukraine on Saturday, with President Volodymyr Zelensky denouncing a deadly strike on a blood transfusion centre as a war criminal activity. A separate strike struck a key factory, both attacks coming simply hours after Kyiv hit a Russian tanker in the Kerch Strait.The attacks were the most recent since Moscow exited an offer last month
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Russia said Saturday it scrambled an Su-30 fighter jet to "prevent a violation of the Russian state border" by a U.S. Reaper MQ-9 military drone over the Black Sea.

"As the Russian fighter approached, the foreign reconnaissance drone performed a U-turn away from the border," the Russian Defense Ministry said.

The ministry said the drone belonged to

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A Russian tanker was struck by Ukrainian drones in the Kerch Strait, briefly stopping traffic on the strategic bridge connecting Crimea to Russia, Russian media reported early Saturday.The tanker was damaged in the attack and two tugboats had reached the scene, the state-run TASS news agency said, citing the Maritime Rescue Center.No fuel had actually spilled
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Russia on Saturday stated it recorded a settlement in northeastern Ukraine, where Kyiv has reported increased attacks. In the area of Kupiansk, as a result of the proficient and professional actions of the military systems of the Western command, the settlement of Novoselivske was liberated, the Russian Defense Ministry stated on Telegram.It included
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The speaker of Russia's lower house of parliament said that lawmakers will ditch their foreign-made automobiles for domestic cars and truck brands, Interfax reported Friday. We went over with the heads of the State Duma factions the problem of using locally put together cars and trucks by deputies. Everyone supports this decision. We concurred that the deputies will utilize M
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