Russian news agencies say curbs enacted for flight safety as defence ministry reports it has stopped a Ukrainian drone attack on the capital region
Volodymyr Zelenskiy has welcomed a “historic” decision by the Netherlands and Denmark to provide Kyiv with US-made F-16 fighter jets in the latest move by western allies to bolster Ukraine’s efforts against Russian forces.
The Russian foreign minister, Sergei Lavrov, said Moscow would consider the F-16s a “nuclear” threat because of their capacity to carry atomic weapons.Zelenskiy, left, and Dutch prime minister Mark Rutte at Eindhoven airbase in the Netherlands on Sunday.The Ukrainian president also said during a visit to Sweden that Kyiv was “getting closer” to obtaining Swedish Gripen fighter jets
on Saturday. “I am sure our soldiers will give a response to Russia for this terrorist attack,” he said. “A notable response.”Russia said Ukrainian drones had attacked four separate regions in a flurry of attempted strikes on Sunday, injuring five people and forcing two of Moscow’s airports to briefly divert flights
A day earlier a Ukrainian drone targeted a military airfield in Russia’s Novgorod region, causing a fire and damaging one warplaneThere have been increasing reports of SA-5 Gammon missiles striking Russia, with drones regularly hitting Moscow
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