MOSCOW: President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday (May 30) that Ukraine's biggest ever drone strike on Moscow was an attempt to scare and provoke Russia, and air defences around the capital would be strengthened. Russia said eight drones targeted civilian areas of Moscow and the Moscow region - with a popul
MOSCOW: President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday that Ukraine's biggest ever drone strike on Moscow was an attempt to scare and provoke Russia, and air defences around the capital would be strengthened.
Putin cast the assault, which brought the 15-month war in Ukraine to the heart of Russia, as a terrorist response that cameUkraine, Putin said, had chosen the path of attempting"to intimidate Russia, Russian citizens and attacks on residential buildings".Air defences around Moscow - which as the capital of the world's biggest nuclear power is already protected by an extensive early warning system - would be strengthened, he said.
"Of course we are pleased to watch and predict an increase in the number of attacks. But of course we have nothing directly to do with this," Ukrainian presidential adviser Mykhailo Podolyak said. Drone debris hit some of Moscow's most prestigious areas including Leninsky Prospekt, a grand avenue crafted under Josef Stalin, and the area of western Moscow where the Russian elite - including Putin - have their residences.
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