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Russia has been bombarded in the biggest Ukrainian drone attack of the war, Moscow officials have said, on the same day as crunch talks are set to be held between Kyiv and the United States.

The Russian Defence Ministry said air defences shot down 337 Ukrainian drones over 10 Russian regions overnight, a record high, as Ukraine hit back at a series of brutal recent attacks launched by Moscow.

At least one Russian civilian has been killed and several injured, with dramatic footage showing fires raging from the exploding drones including in high rise residential buildings near Moscow.

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[–] yogthos@lemmy.ml 3 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago) (1 children)

Every time Ukraine suffers a big military loss, they start doing massive attacks on civilians to distract from that. https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidaxe/2025/03/11/retreat-ukrainian-brigades-appear-to-be-leaving-kursk/

edit: I guess basic facts of the situation makes people who've been guzzling propaganda for the past three years very upset

[–] nomecks@lemmy.wtf -3 points 4 hours ago (2 children)

Every time Russia suffers a big military loss, they start doing massive attacks on civilians to distract from that.

FTFY

[–] bennieandthez@lemmygrad.ml 1 points 9 minutes ago* (last edited 8 minutes ago)

They kill their own citizens to hide military losses? You gotta be insane to believe this 😂

But i guess you also believe Russia destroyed their own infrastructure.

[–] yogthos@lemmy.ml 3 points 4 hours ago

Last I checked it's AFU that's getting routed in Kursk. Of course, nobody should expect people who weren't able to engage with the facts for the past three years to start doing that now.

[–] Kusimulkku@lemm.ee 12 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago)

It's sad but you can't expect attacked countries to not fight back.

[–] lefixxx@lemmy.world 22 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago) (1 children)

Ok one civilian killed, how many tactical targets did they hit? 337 shot down, how many drones did hit their target? sounds like this post shares only the absolute worst side of the story.

"The Russian Ministry of Defense claimed to have shot down at least 91 drones in the region around Moscow and more than 240 drones directed at other targets across the country."

"The Ukrainian military said it had targeted Moscow’s oil refinery, which provides more than a third of the fuel consumed in the capital region, along with an oil production station in the Orel region. Neither claim could be independently verified."

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/11/world/europe/ukraine-russia-moscow-war-drones.html

"Ukraine's armed forces "struck a number of strategic objects of the Russian Federation involved in ensuring armed aggression against Ukraine," they said in a statement Tuesday.

The Russian military said it shot down 337 Ukrainian drones over 10 Russian regions. Three people were killed and 18 injured, and several residential buildings damaged, according to Russian officials."

[–] geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml 12 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago) (1 children)

NYT does not say whether a civilian was killed or soldier. They all leave that out. Like almost all Western newspapers. Which is why you got Daily Mail.

[–] lefixxx@lemmy.world 2 points 8 hours ago

Indeed I have seen stories about 1,2 or 3 deaths without mentioning it

[–] CyberMonkey404@lemmy.ml 3 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

When was it? I'm looking at Russian news and not seeing anything, they're usually pretty eager to talk about drone attacks. I read about one on Nizhny Novgorod, IIRC it was early morning 11.03

[–] communism@lemmy.ml 23 points 18 hours ago

At least use an archive link if you're going to share the Daily Mail

[–] dzso@lemmy.world 3 points 12 hours ago (2 children)

If Ukraine actually did this, it's a beautiful find out stage after Russia has been fucking around for far too long. But the skeptic in me says this is actually a false flag staged to manufacture reasons to deny peace talks and continue to escalate.

[–] lorty@lemmygrad.ml 8 points 6 hours ago

Ukraine attacking civilians is old news. They love crashing their drones into whatever house is nearby when they fail to find a military target.

[–] yogthos@lemmy.ml 1 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

Russia doesn't need a pretext, they're winning the war. Meanwhile, the fact that you think terrorist attacks against civilians is a beautiful things says all we need to know about you as a person.

[–] Hozerkiller@lemmy.ca -3 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

Theh government started a war with another country. They are at war and people die in war. Want civilians to not die? End the war and go home.

[–] yogthos@lemmy.ml 0 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

That's what yankees are about to do, they're going to end their proxy war with Russia and go home this year.

[–] Hozerkiller@lemmy.ca -3 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

Oh you're a troll, NVM I'll stop taking you seriously.

[–] yogthos@lemmy.ml 3 points 4 hours ago
[–] duuuurtymike@lemm.ee 4 points 23 hours ago (3 children)

Wow. I’m kinda shocked by this news. Ukraine on the offensive? Why?

[–] yogthos@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 hours ago

They're not on an offensive, they're just sending drones to attack civilian infrastructure to distract from their collapse in Kursk https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidaxe/2025/03/11/retreat-ukrainian-brigades-appear-to-be-leaving-kursk/

[–] PolandIsAStateOfMind@lemmy.ml 8 points 19 hours ago* (last edited 19 hours ago)

They need to have some success to put onto the table and show USA and EU they still can win. Regardless of this "win" being basically terror attack, USA and EU loves them anyway.

[–] geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml 10 points 23 hours ago (12 children)

Negotiations in Saudi right now. Ukraine probably wants to show they are willing to bomb cities just like Russia if they do not get a good deal.

[–] yogthos@lemmy.ml 2 points 5 hours ago

Likely also to distract from the massive disaster that's unfolding in Kursk.

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