Ukraine drones kill four in Russia, Moscow faces biggest attack in over a year

At least four people were killed, including three in the Moscow region, after Ukraine launched its biggest overnight drone attack on the Russian capital in more ​than a year, local officials said on Sunday.

MOSCOW — At least four people were killed, including three in the Moscow region, after Ukraine launched its biggest overnight drone attack on the Russian capital in more ​than a year, local officials said on Sunday.

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A fourth person was killed in the ‌Belgorod region bordering northeastern Ukraine, local authorities said, while Russia’s defence ministry said by midday more than 1,000 Ukrainian drones had been downed over the country in the past 24 hours.

Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy had vowed retribution on ​Friday following Russia’s heaviest drone and missile attack on Kyiv over a two-day period since the war ​started more than four years ago.