Russia Claims Destruction of 249 Drones After Retaliatory Strike on Rostov Kills Three

Russia has launched overnight missile and drone attacks on Kyiv, killing six people, after Ukraine launched a counter-attack on Russia’s Rostov region,  killing three people, according to authorities.

The heightened attacks came after US President, Donald Trump initially gave Kyiv until November twenty-seven, to respond to his proposal to end the fighting. Meanwhile, Russia’s defence ministry said it had also intercepted and destroyed two hundred and forty-nine Ukrainian drones overnight.

Russian President, Vladimir Putin, who welcomed the original US plan to end the fighting, has now threatened to seize more Ukrainian territory if Kyiv walks away from the negotiations.