Ukraine fires 1200 drones in major attack on Russia

Summarised from 2 outlets · Updated 13 Nov, 16:44 · Archive

Ukraine launched nearly 1200 drones at Russia in one of its biggest aerial attacks since the invasion began.

Ukraine launched nearly 1200 drones at Russia between late Thursday and early Friday in one of its largest aerial attacks since the full-scale invasion began almost five years ago. Russia's defence ministry said its forces downed 1198 of the drones. However, strikes on three Russian regions killed seven people, including a 12-year-old, and wounded 17, according to local officials. Ukraine's General Staff said it hit an oil refinery in the Russian city of Volgograd, starting a fire; the facility has a capacity of about 110 million barrels per year.

Russia launched a counter-attack with 117 drones against Ukraine, killing at least two people including a 17-year-old. A single Russian strike on Friday on southern Zaporizhzhia hit two five-storey apartment blocks and wounded 30 people, including six children. Russian attacks on Ukraine's energy infrastructure also caused widespread power outages across about half of the country's regions on Friday, according to First Deputy Minister of Energy Artem Nekrasov.

Meanwhile, US and Russian negotiators have raised the stakes in talks to stop the fighting by including wider European security arrangements in discussions. German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said Russia wants to discuss European security architecture, but added that such arrangements already exist through NATO.

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• Ukraine launches nearly 1200 drones at RussiaRussia and Ukraine say have sustained severe drone attacks on several cities, with multiple casualties.The West Australian · 13 Nov, 16:16
• Ukraine launches nearly 1200 drones at RussiaRussia and Ukraine say have sustained severe drone attacks on several cities, with multiple casualties.Perth Now · 13 Nov, 16:16

In this story: Ukraine · Russia · Volgograd · Zaporizhzhia · Artem Nekrasov · Friedrich Merz · NATO

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