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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Dan Sabbagh Defence and security editor

Ukraine’s drone strike shows it is not helpless without US intelligence

A burned and crumbling wall, with two people standing on the roof above taking photos
A damaged block of flats in Moscow on Tuesday after Ukraine’s drone attack. Photograph: Maxim Shipenkov/EPA

Ukraine’s decision to launch a drone attack into Russia as the next phase of peace negotiations involving delegations from Washington and Kyiv began is a clear demonstration that its military capacity has not yet been significantly dented by Donald Trump’s decision to withhold military intelligence last week.

Russia’s defence ministry said Ukraine had attacked with 337 drones, 91 of which were aimed at Moscow and the surrounding region. Three people were reported to have been killed, all four of the Russian capital’s airports had to be closed, and local air defences were not entirely effective in repelling the assault.

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