Ukraine attacks Russia with drones after suffering three days of massive strikes

"Ukraine has launched a large-scale long-range drone attack targeting several regions in Russia including the huge Ryazan oil refinery, after several days of massive strikes by Moscow against Ukraine. Kyiv's attack on Friday followed three days of drone and missile attacks on Ukraine, including on the capital, Kyiv, where a cruise missile hit an apartment block on Thursday, killing 24 people including three children."

"The final death toll in Kyiv emerged as emergency teams finished digging through the rubble of a nine-storey block which was hit in what the Ukrainian air force said was Russia's biggest barrage of the country since it launched its all-out invasion in February 2022. As Ukraine announced a national day of mourning, the Council of Europe said on Friday, during a summit of 46 European foreign ministers in Moldova, that it was moving towards setting up a war crimes court to try Russia's leadership for its war of aggression against Ukraine."

"Action now needs to be taken to follow up on this political commitment by securing the tribunal's functioning and funding, said Alain Berset, the secretary general of the Council of Europe. The Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, visiting the site of the destroyed apartment block in Kyiv's Darnytskyi district, on the left bank of the Dnipro River, placed flowers and spoke to rescue workers. Our first responders ... worked non-stop for more than a day, Zelenskyy said on the Telegram app."

"Zelenskyy has said that, according to initial analysis, the weapon that struck the building was a recently manufactured Russian Kh-101 missile. Russia, which began its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, launched more than 1,500 drones and dozens of missiles in attacks across Ukraine this w"

Ukraine launched a large-scale long-range drone attack targeting several regions in Russia, including the Ryazan oil refinery. The attack followed several days of major strikes by Moscow on Ukraine, including attacks on Kyiv. A cruise missile hit an apartment block in Kyiv, killing 24 people, including three children, with emergency teams completing searches through the rubble of the nine-storey building. Ukraine declared a national day of mourning. The Council of Europe said it is moving toward establishing a war crimes court to try Russia’s leadership for the war of aggression, and called for securing the tribunal’s functioning and funding. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy visited the damaged site and said the missile was likely a recently manufactured Kh-101.

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