Huge fires erupted in the Moscow region as officials claimed that the Russian capital and surrounding area were hit by a drone strike in another crisis for Vladimir Putin. Sergei Sobyanin, the mayor of Moscow,

Russia and Ukraine launched record drone attacks on each other despite a phone call reported by the Washington Post from US president-elect Donald Trump urging Russian President Vladimir Putin not

Russia launched a combined missile and drone attack on the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv, overnight, with residents sheltering in metro stations and air raid sirens blaring for hours. Serhii Popko, head of the Kyiv City military administration, said Ukrainian forces destroyed several cruise and ballistic missiles and up to a dozen drones.