Civilians killed in Russia and Ukraine, Moscow hit by more drones
Published: 04:08 PM,Aug 23,2023 | EDITED : 08:08 PM,Aug 23,2023
KYIV: Civilians were killed in attacks in both Russia and Ukraine Wednesday, while Moscow was hit by drones for the sixth night in a row as the war dragged into its 19th month.
Kyiv, which vowed this summer to 'return' the war to Russia, has regularly hit Moscow and other cities deep inside Russia with drone attacks.
The latest attacks come as the war grinds on for a year and a half, now bogged down as Kyiv's troops fight in a counteroffensive.
In the Belgorod region on the border with Ukraine, authorities said three civilians were killed by Kyiv's forces Wednesday.
'The Ukrainian forces launched an explosive device through a drone when people were on the street,' Belgorod governor Vyacheslav Gladkov said.
In Moscow, the drone attack caused no casualties, crashing into a skyscraper and smashing a window.
Drones were also downed outside Moscow -- in the Mozhaisky and Khimki districts -- Russia's defence ministry said.
The attack on Moscow came hours after Kyiv said Russian artillery hit two villages near the eastern Ukrainian city of Lyman, killing three people and wounding two others.
In the Moscow City district, emergency services vehicles lined up along a street below a cluster of brightly lit skyscrapers.
Air traffic at Moscow's Vnukovo, Sheremetyevo and Domodedovo airports was briefly halted, the TASS state news agency reported, citing the aviation services.
Emergency services were inspecting the area in the business district, Moscow mayor Sergei Sobyanin said.
Addressing the BRICS summit by video-link, President Vladimir Putin again blamed the West for the conflict in Ukraine.
'Our actions in Ukraine are dictated by one thing -- to end this war, which was unleashed by the West,' he said.
Kyiv said in the early hours of Wednesday that three people were killed in Torske, a small village in the east retaken by the Ukrainian army from Russian forces in October last year.
The Donetsk prosecutor's office said the victims were two women and a man -- aged 63 to 88 -- who were seated on a bench when shells hit.
Both Russia and Ukraine have also ramped up attacks in the Black Sea since the July collapse of a UN-brokered deal aimed at ensuring safe navigation for civilian grain shipments from Ukraine ports. — AFP
Kyiv, which vowed this summer to 'return' the war to Russia, has regularly hit Moscow and other cities deep inside Russia with drone attacks.
The latest attacks come as the war grinds on for a year and a half, now bogged down as Kyiv's troops fight in a counteroffensive.
In the Belgorod region on the border with Ukraine, authorities said three civilians were killed by Kyiv's forces Wednesday.
'The Ukrainian forces launched an explosive device through a drone when people were on the street,' Belgorod governor Vyacheslav Gladkov said.
In Moscow, the drone attack caused no casualties, crashing into a skyscraper and smashing a window.
Drones were also downed outside Moscow -- in the Mozhaisky and Khimki districts -- Russia's defence ministry said.
The attack on Moscow came hours after Kyiv said Russian artillery hit two villages near the eastern Ukrainian city of Lyman, killing three people and wounding two others.
In the Moscow City district, emergency services vehicles lined up along a street below a cluster of brightly lit skyscrapers.
Air traffic at Moscow's Vnukovo, Sheremetyevo and Domodedovo airports was briefly halted, the TASS state news agency reported, citing the aviation services.
Emergency services were inspecting the area in the business district, Moscow mayor Sergei Sobyanin said.
Addressing the BRICS summit by video-link, President Vladimir Putin again blamed the West for the conflict in Ukraine.
'Our actions in Ukraine are dictated by one thing -- to end this war, which was unleashed by the West,' he said.
Kyiv said in the early hours of Wednesday that three people were killed in Torske, a small village in the east retaken by the Ukrainian army from Russian forces in October last year.
The Donetsk prosecutor's office said the victims were two women and a man -- aged 63 to 88 -- who were seated on a bench when shells hit.
Both Russia and Ukraine have also ramped up attacks in the Black Sea since the July collapse of a UN-brokered deal aimed at ensuring safe navigation for civilian grain shipments from Ukraine ports. — AFP