The attack on Moscow was “a special operation by the GUR”, the military intelligence service.
Ukraine has claimed responsibility for a drone attack that hit Moscow overnight, illustrating the vulnerability of the Russian capital, while further attacks have targeted Crimea and Ukraine’s Odessa region.
The attack on Moscow was “a special operation by the GUR”, the military intelligence service, a Ukrainian defense source, who asked not to be named, told AFP.
This rare assertion by Kiev, which it usually denies or does not comment on, comes after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky promised retaliatory measures in the wake of the Russian bombing of Odessa at the weekend that killed two people and devastated a cathedral.
Russia is now considering “severe reprisals” following the attacks on the Russian capital and Crimea, Russian diplomats said, accusing the West of being “behind Kiev’s brazen actions”.
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