Drone strikes residential complex in Russia, 3 hurt

A drone crashed into a high-rise residential building in southwestern Russia near the border with Ukraine, a regional governor said on Friday, exposing the latest vulnerabilities in the country's air defence systems as President Vladimir Putin's war in Ukraine increasingly affects Russian soil.

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The latest drone attack to target Russian cities in recent weeks wounded three people and came amid a front-line push by Ukrainian forces in what appears to be the early stages of a long-awaited counteroffensive in pockets of south and east Ukraine that Russia invaded more than 15 months ago.

The Ukrainian presidency’s website posted a video statement overnight from President Volodymyr Zelensky that alluded to latest efforts of his country’s forces to drive out the Russian invaders, along various parts.