The barrage appeared to be one of the largest recent assaults in Ukraine’s campaign to damage Russia’s war machine on its home territory.

Russia’s military on Tuesday said it would retaliate against Ukraine after Kyiv attacked Russian regions by firing six US-made ATACMS ballistic missiles, six UK-made Storm Shadow cruise missiles and launching one of the biggest drone attacks to date.

Ukraine struck Russian regions with a major drone and missile attack overnight, damaging at least two factories and forcing schools to close in a major southern Russian city, according to Russian officials and media.

Ukraine launches one of the largest missile and drone attacks of war into Russia - Moscow say Kyiv fired six US-made ATACMS ballistic missiles, six British Storm Shadow cruise missiles and at least 14

Although unmanned aerial systems have been around for a while, it wasn’t until the large-scale invasion of Russia on February 24, 2022, that drones started to play such a key role in the tactics, operations,

Ukraine fired six US-made ATACMS ballistic missiles, six British Storm Shadow cruise missiles and at least 146 drones into Russia in a mass attack, says Moscow. It threatened retaliation against the air strikes.

Ukraine struck Russian regions with a major drone and missile attack overnight, damaging factories in at least three cities, officials and media said. The Shot Telegram channel said that Russia had downed more than 200 Ukrainian drones and five U.