Reuters.
Moscow said Russian forces downed a Ukrainian drone over Russia.
unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) was reportedly shot down 249 miles from the Ukrainian border on Sunday.
- Russian
authorities said the drone was armed with explosives and caused a
crater when it was brought down in the town of Kireyevsk about 137 miles
south of Moscow.
- Authorities said several apartments were damaged in the explosion but no serious injuries were reported.
- Russia's Defense Ministry said on its Telegram channel that Ukraine planned to carry out a strike with the drone.
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- Ukraine is looking to drone technology as a way to counteract the range advantage of Russian artillery.
- Russia stepped up its use of Iranian-made drones to carry out strikes on Ukrainian civilian infrastructure at the end of last year.
