Zelensky says ‘war’ coming to Russia after Moscow drone attack

KYIV - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky warned on Sunday that “war” was coming to Russia, after three Ukrainian drones were downed over Moscow.

“Gradually, the war is returning to the territory of Russia – to its symbolic centres and military bases, and this is an inevitable, natural and absolutely fair process,” Mr Zelensky said during a visit to the western city of Ivano-Frankivsk.

“Ukraine is getting stronger,” he added, warning, however, that the country should prepare for new attacks on energy infrastructure in winter.

“But we must be aware that, just as last year, Russian terrorists can still attack our energy sector and critical facilities this winter,” Mr Zelensky said, adding that preparations for “all possible scenarios” were discussed in Ivano-Frankivsk.

Mr Zelensky spoke after

three Ukrainian drones were downed over Moscow

early on Sunday, the Russian Defence Ministry said. The attack damaged two office towers and briefly shut an international airport.

Separately, Moscow said on Sunday that its forces had thwarted a Ukrainian attempt to attack Russia-annexed Crimea with 25 drones overnight.

The attacks reported on Sunday were the latest in a series of recent drone assaults –

including on the Kremlin

and Russian towns near the border with Ukraine – that Moscow has blamed on Kyiv. AFP