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Russia downs Ukrainian drones, missiles day after its attack on Kyiv | Russia-Ukraine war News<\/p>\n
Russian air defences intercept Ukrainian drones over four regions inside its territory, including Moscow, a day after its attack on Kyiv.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n Russian air defences have intercepted Ukrainian drones over several regions inside its territory, including Moscow, just a day after Kyiv reported the \u201clargest drone attack\u201d on Ukraine since Moscow invaded the country in February last year.<\/p>\n \u201cAir defence destroyed four Ukrainian drones over the territory of the Bryansk, Smolensk and Tula regions,\u201d Russia\u2019s Ministry of Defence\u00a0said in a statement on Sunday. Earlier, Russia said some drones were shot down over the Moscow region.<\/p>\n The Russian army said it had also downed two Ukrainian missiles headed for Russia over the Sea of Azov, between the two countries.<\/p>\n Ukraine, meanwhile, said its air defence had downed eight out of nine drones over the country on Sunday.<\/p>\n On Saturday, Ukraine said Moscow had launched 75 drones into the country, mostly aimed at the capital.<\/p>\n The attack came as Kyiv marked Holodomor, the Soviet-engineered starvation tragedy that killed millions of Ukrainians during the Stalin era.<\/p>\n Ukraine\u2019s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy called the attack an act of \u201cwillful terror\u201d, saying \u201cthe Russian leadership is proud of the fact that it can kill\u201d.<\/p>\n Ukraine has hit Russian regions and the annexed Crimean Peninsula with drones for months, launching a counteroffensive this summer to push back Russian forces.<\/p>\n Russia annexed Crimea and backed separatists in eastern Ukraine after the pro-Moscow government of President Viktor Yanukovych was overthrown following a popular uprising in 2014.<\/p>\n