Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky says his military commanders are in a “positive mood” as a counteroffensive gets underway. In Moscow, a U.S. citizen has been taken into custody, according to a court statement. Follow our live updates:
are also in Russian custody on accusations of espionage; the U.S. government has called those accusations baseless. The State Department said it was aware of an American being detained, but it declined to confirm anything about the case.. The ministry said in a statement Sunday that Ukrainian forces “made an unsuccessful attempt” to attack the Priazovye about 1:30 a.m. local time, using six unmanned surface vehicles, or drone boats.
One drone crashed in the Zhukovsky district, damaging two houses, and another device presumed to be a drone crashed in a forest in the Medynsky district, he said. No one was injured, Shapsha added. Kaluga is about 125 miles southwest of Moscow., spokesman Yuriy Ignat told Ukrainska Pravda., according to U.S. intelligence, and drone attacks have become an almost nightly occurrence in Ukraine since early May, especially in the capital, Kyiv.
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