KYIV :
UKRAINE fired morethan 400
drones toward Mosco win its latest major attack on the Russian
capital, the city’s Mayor said
Monday. The blitz came hours
afterRussia bombarded Kyiv and
other Ukrainian cities with ballistic missiles in a relentless cycle
of tit-for-tat strikes that make a
settlement toend Moscow’s more
than 4-year-old all-out invasion
appear adistant possibility.
Ukrainian President
Volodymyr Zelenskyy, meanwhile,said he would hold “key
talks” on Monday as he tries to
defuse adomestic political crisis after last week’s government
reshuffle exposed adeepsplit
between the military’s old guard
and young innovators over how
to fight the war. Zelen skyy needs
to reassureUkrainians that sacrificing 35-year-old Mykhailo
Fedorovasdefenceminister and
keeping faith with 60-year-old
Soviet-trained General
Oleksandr Syrskyi as armed
forces chief won’tderail the fight
against Russia. Days of street
protestsin favour of Fedorov and
against Syrskyi followed
Zelenskyy’s decision. Moscow
Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said that
over 400 Ukrainian drones were
sent towardthe Russian capital
from late Sunday until early
Monday. He said most were
downed far from the capital and
85 were intercepted near
Moscow.
Andrei Vorobyov,the head of
the region around Moscow, said
that 10 people were wounded by
Ukrainian drones. He said that
several residential buildings and
civilian infrastructure facilities
were damaged.