Russia and Ukraine Report Widespread Aerial Attacks posted at 10:52:15 UTC via nytimes.com
Russia and Ukraine Report Widespread Aerial Attacks posted at 10:52:15 UTC via nytimes.com Moscow Aug. 30, 1:51 p.m. Washington Aug. 30, 6:51 a.m. Video The governor of Pskov, Russia, shared videos on his Telegram account showing smoke rising from the city’s airport and rounds being fired into the sky.CreditCredit...Mikhail Vedernikov via Storyful In what appeared to be the largest-scale drone attacks on Russia since the full-scale invasion of Ukraine began, six regions were targeted, and military transport planes were damaged near the country’s border with Estonia, Russian officials said Wednesday. In Ukraine, officials said Wednesday that at least two people had been killed following aerial attacks in Kyiv, in what the head of the capital’s regional administration described as one of the most “powerful” attacks since spring. Maria Zakharova, the spokeswoman for Russia’s foreign ministry, said that the attacks on Russian territory would “not go unpunished,” and also apportioned