Zelenskiy warns Moscow will burnMoscow will burn if Russian strikes continue
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said in Kyiv on Thursday that heavy drone attacks on Russia were retaliation for a strike that damaged a historic monastery in the Ukrainian capital this week.
He warned that "Moscow will burn" if Russian attacks continue and called on Europe and the United States to tighten sanctions on Russia to force President Vladimir Putin toward ending the war.
- Kyiv's Pechersk Lavra is one of Eastern Orthodoxy's most important monastic sites.
- Russia's energy exports remain a major source of state income despite years of sanctions.
- Ukraine has increasingly used long-range drones to put pressure on Russian infrastructure.
Russia-Ukraine War
Russia and Ukraine are locked in an retaliatory long-range drone and missile war that now strikes deep into both countries, including Moscow, St. Petersburg, Crimea, and major Ukrainian cities like Kyiv and Dnipro. Ukrainian forces launched one of their largest drone attacks on June 26, striking 12 Russian regions and hitting key energy targets, while Russia continues massive retaliatory bombardments that kill civilians and destroy infrastructure.
26 June, 09:41 AM
Ukraine unleashes massive drone bombardment on 12 Russian regions24 June, 10:31 AM
Ukrainian drones knock out power in Russian-held Sevastopol22 June, 03:20 PM
Ukraine strikes Russian missile electronics plant in Voronezh
