The drone attack, which follows previous similar raids on the Russian capital, was the first known assault on the city since an abortive mutiny launched by mercenary chief Prigozhin. Authorities in Ukraine didn't say whether it launched the drone raid.
Authorities in Ukraine, which generally avoids commenting on attacks on Russian soil, didn't say whether it launched the drone raid.
Tuesday's raid came as Ukrainian forces have continued probing Russian defenses in the south and the east of their country in the initial stages of a counteroffensive. Moscow has placed emphasis on using anti-tank mines to slow the onslaught, the assessment said, leaving the attackers at the mercy of Russian drones, helicopters and artillery.
Russian shelling of Pervomaiskyi, a city in Ukraine’s northeastern Kharkiv region, wounded 31 civilians, Kharkiv Gov. Oleh Syniehubov said Tuesday. Nine children, including two babies, were among the wounded, he said. Putin referred to the recent mercenary rebellion that rattled the Kremlin during a video call Tuesday with leaders of the countries of the, or SCO, which is a security grouping dominated by Moscow and Beijing.
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