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Plumes of smoke rose over Moscow on Sunday morning after Ukraine's latest massed drone attack on the city in which a major oil refinery was among the targets.
The Wall Street Journal’s Matthew Luxmoore joins Morning Joe to discuss his new reporting on Iryna Terekh, a furniture designer who has revolutionized Ukraine’s drone capabilities. Terekh, Luxmoore says, sheltered for days in Bucha as Russians took over, an experience he says encouraged her to join Ukraine’s defense industry. Now, she leads a 7,000-person defense company whose long-range drones and missiles are hitting Russian targets.
Russian air defenses in the Moscow region shot down at least 201 Ukrainian drones overnight and into Sunday morning, according to the city's Mayor Sergey Sobyanin.
Ukraine has targeted Russian oil facilities with long-range drones almost daily in recent months. The barrage has caused fuel shortages in Russia and unsettled the Russian public.
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Ukrainian long-range strikes hit two major Russian oil refineries overnight into Thursday morning, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy reported in a post to Telegram.
Ukraine's sustained and sophisticated drone warfare has knocked out refineries, tilted the battlefield balance and brought the war home to some Russians for the first time in four years of fighting. Why it matters: With Ukrainian confidence running high, and Russia struggling to provide fuel to its cities and supplies to its troops, President Volodymyr Zelensky says he's launching a "40-day influence operation" to force Moscow to sign a peace deal. Driving the news: Hours after Zelensky's announcement on Thursday came one of the largest drone attacks of the war, targeting 12 regions of Russia as well as occupied Crimea. - Russian authorities said at least 660 Ukrainian drones were intercepted. Explosions were reported at a chemical…
Ukraine's long-range drones are striking deep inside Russia, up to 1,200 miles away, hitting oil refineries and depots. NPR recently spent time with one of the Ukrainian strike teams launching drones at Russian targets.
The attack, which shut down the city’s airports for several hours, appeared to be the biggest wave of drone strikes on Russia’s capital since the start of the war.
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Dozens of Ukrainian long-range drones attacked Moscow overnight into Tuesday morning, according to the city's Mayor Sergey Sobyanin.
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