Russian officials accused Ukraine of deploying drones over Russia, the latest demonstration of a significant vulnerability for Moscow. Ukrainian officials have used a policy of not commenting on strikes within Russia, instead leaving it ambiguous.
A salvo of drones was deployed on Monday and into Tuesday that traveled through Russian airspace, from Krasnodar in the southern part of the country to within roughly 60 miles of Moscow in the west. Ukrainian officials have demonstrated a policy of not commenting on strikes within Russian territory, instead leaving it ambiguous.One of the ones crashed near the village of Gubastovo, southeast of Moscow, which was supposedly aimed at a gas facility operated by state-owned Gazprom.
This isn't the first time Ukraine has appeared to use drones to hit targets within Russian territory.
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