Russia ‘destroys 32 drones’ after aerial assault on Ukraine kills 30 civilians

Firefighters work to extinguish a fire (AP Photo/Yevhen Titov)

Thirty-two Ukrainian drones have been detected over Russia, Moscow officials said, a day after an 18-hour aerial barrage across Ukraine killed at least 30 civilians.

Drones were seen in the skies over Russia’s Moscow, Bryansk, Oryol, and Kursk regions, the country’s defence ministry said in a statement.