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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Andrew Roth, Pjotr Sauer and Daniel Boffey

Kyiv’s drone strikes on Moscow mean Kremlin’s war can’t be ignored by Russians

Security forces – three men and liveried pickup truck – are seen outside Moscow’s City Clinical hospital No 67 near the site of an attempted attack by a Ukrainian drone on 11 August 2023.
Security forces at Moscow’s city clinical hospital No 67 near the site of an attempted attack by a Ukrainian drone on 11 August. Photograph: Boris Alekseev/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images

A new campaign of drone strikes has targeted the Russian capital in recent days as Kyiv has demonstrated its ability to hit Moscow and to keep the Kremlin’s war in the hearts and minds of the Russian elites and others seeking to ignore the invasion of Ukraine.

Video on Friday showed a drone slamming into the ground and exploding near a residential area in the north-west of the city, as rowers nearby participated in a national championship in the Krylatskoye district.

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