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The Guardian - UK
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Luke Harding and Dan Sabbagh in Kyiv

Ukraine launches Moscow drone attack as Kursk offensive continues

Moscow skyscrapers behind the Kremlin in central Moscow
Russia’s defence ministry said it had intercepted 11 kamikaze drones before they reached the capital. Photograph: Yuri Kadobnov/AFP/Getty Images

Ukraine has carried out one of its biggest drone attacks on Moscow, as Ukrainian troops continue to advance in Russia’s Kursk region, with probing raids on frontline towns and villages.

Russia’s defence ministry said it had intercepted 11 kamikaze drones before they reached the capital. Several were shot down over the city of Podolsk, 24 miles south of Moscow and not far from Domodedovo international airport. Residents heard a buzzing in the night sky followed by loud explosions.

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