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Kremlin accuses Ukraine of a massive drone attack on Moscow, causing casualties and damage to residential areas. Kyiv has not yet commented.
MOSCOW (Reuters) - The Kremlin on Tuesday accused Ukraine of targeting residential apartment blocks after Kyiv launched its biggest ever drone attack on the Russian capital.
Ukraine on Tuesday launched its biggest ever drone attack on Moscow, killing at least two workers at a meat warehouse, injuring 18 others and causing a short shutdown at the Russian capital's four airports, Russian officials said.
There was also some damage to apartment blocks.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said: "All (defensive) measures and actions were carried out in advance, in good time. And this allows for the protection of Moscow and the Moscow region, as well as many other regions."
Peskov said visiting OSCE Secretary General Feridun Sinirlioglu had been shown damage caused by the attack on Moscow.
"It's important that he was shown the aftermath of the attack. But more importantly, what the Kyiv regime is hitting - residential buildings," said Peskov.
Kyiv has yet to comment on the attack on Moscow, but said Russian forces had attacked Ukraine overnight with a ballistic missile and 126 drones, setting a fuel storage facility on fire and injuring at least two people in different parts of the country.
Ukraine itself says Russian missiles have repeatedly struck Ukrainian apartment blocks since President Vladimir Putin sent tens of thousands of troops into Ukraine in 2022.
Both sides deny deliberately targeting civilians.
(Reporting by Dmitry Antonov; Editing by Andrew Osborn)
The Kremlin accused Ukraine of targeting residential apartment blocks in Moscow during a massive drone attack.
The drone attack resulted in the deaths of at least two workers at a meat warehouse, injured 18 others, and caused damage to apartment blocks.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov stated that all defensive measures were taken in advance to protect Moscow and the surrounding region.
Ukraine has claimed that Russian missiles have repeatedly struck Ukrainian apartment blocks since the beginning of the conflict in 2022.
Peskov mentioned that the OSCE Secretary General was shown the damage caused by the drone attack on Moscow.
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