Russia-Ukraine conflict rages on its 553rd day.
In this grab taken from a video posted on the Telegram account of the governor of Russia's Pskov region, an explosion lights up the sky during a drone attack on an airport in the north-western Russian city. Photo: Getty Images / Photo: AFPRussia has accused Ukraine of launching what appeared to be the biggest drone attack on Russian soil since Moscow sent troops there 18 months ago.
Pskov regional Governor Mikhail Vedernikov ordered all flights to and from the airport in the region’s namesake capital cancelled on Wednesday so the damage could be assessed during daylight. Vedernikov said there were no casualties, and the fire has been contained. Unconfirmed media reports said between 10 and 20 drones could have attacked the airport.Kiev was targeted by the"most powerful" barrage of missiles and drones since the spring, authorities said, with two people reported dead.
Russia's military also claimed it downed three Ukrainian drones over southern Bryansk region and one over central Orlov region. Russia has informed Brazil's aviation authority that it will not open an investigation into the plane crash that killed mercenary boss Yevgeny Prigozhin under international rules"at the moment", the Brazilian agency told Reuters on Tuesday.
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