Russia Warns of ‘Tough Retaliatory Measures’ to Drone Attacks

After Ukraine claimed responsibility for an attack on the city, Russia warned that drone attacks in downtown Moscow and the annexation of Crimea could result in severe retaliation.

Russia Warns of ‘Tough Retaliatory Measures’: According to the foreign ministry of Russia, “we view what happened as yet another application of terrorist methods and intimidation of the civilian population by the military and political leadership of Ukraine.”

“The Russian Federation reserves the right to take tough retaliatory measures,” it continued.

The ministry claimed that the “West’s focus on further escalating the situation” in Ukraine motivated Kyiv’s “brazen actions.”

Prior to now, Russian officials claimed that Ukrainian drones had struck two Moscow buildings and an ammo storage facility in Crimea, the peninsula that Russia invaded from Ukraine in 2014.

According to AFP, military intelligence in Kyiv carried out a “special operation,” resulting in the strike against Moscow, as reported by a Ukrainian defense source.

Following a Russian missile strike on the city of Odesa a day earlier, Kiev pledged to react, and in response, an attack occurred on Moscow, which is approximately 500 kilometers (310 miles) from Ukraine.

The attack in the Black Sea city, which is under UNESCO protection, killed two people and damaged a historic cathedral.