Ukrainian drones attacked a facility in Izhevsk, the capital of Udmurtia, over 780 miles from the border with Ukraine, where Russian air defence systems are manufactured. This marks the first such attack in this region.

On Sunday, Russia launched a drone and missile attack on Ukraine in what’s being seen as the largest barrage in recent months, officials said. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky posted on the social platform X that Russia used nearly 140 missiles of “various types” over the last week,

President Biden has granted permission for Kyiv to carry out long-range strikes, and his Ukrainian counterpart said the launches would come soon.