Two people killed in Ukrainian drone strike near Moscow

A fire sparked by a Ukrainian drone strike killed a child and grandmother in a town outside Moscow overnight, Russian authorities said today.

Throughout the war, Russia has fired hundreds of drones at Ukraine in nightly barrages. Kyiv has launched retaliatory strikes, mainly targeting energy infrastructure.

“Last night, air defence forces shot down four drones in Voskresensk and Kolomna,” two cities southeast of Russia’s capital, regional governor Andrey Vorobyov said on Telegram.

“Unfortunately, a tragedy occurred in Voskresensk: two people died in a fire in a private home – a 76-year-old woman and her six-year-old grandson,” he added.

Several other buildings in Voskresensk, 88kms (55 miles) southeast of Moscow, were damaged, Mr Vorobyov said.

Russia’s defence ministry said 84 Ukrainian drones were “intercepted and destroyed by air defence alert systems during the night”. Four were shot down over the Moscow region.

A day earlier, a massive Russian drone and missile attack against Ukraine lasting 12 hours killed at least four people in Kyiv.

Ukraine said it had been targeted by 595 drones and 48 missiles that night, most of which were shot down by air defences.

Vance says US considering Tomahawk missiles for Ukraine

The United States is considering Ukraine’s request to obtain long-range Tomahawk missiles for its effort to push back against Russian invaders, Vice President JD Vance said yesterday.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has asked the United States to sell Tomahawks to European nations that would send them to Ukraine. Mr Vance said on Fox News Sunday that US President Donald Trump would make the “final determination” on whether to allow the deal.

“We’re certainly looking at a number of requests from the Europeans,” Mr Vance said.

Tomahawk missiles have a range of 2,500 km (1,550 miles), putting Moscow in the range of Ukraine’s arsenal were Kyiv to be granted them. Russia would almost certainly view such a move as an escalation in its war in Ukraine.

Mr Trump has denied Ukraine’s requests for use of long-range missiles in the past but has grown frustrated at Russian President Vladimir Putin’s refusal to reach a peace deal.

Keith Kellogg, the US’s special envoy to Ukraine, said Mr Trump has indicated that Kyiv should now be able to conduct long-range strikes on Russia.

“I think reading what he (Trump) has said, and reading what Vice President Vance has said … the answer is yes. Use the ability to hit deep. There are no such things as sanctuaries,” Mr Kellogg said during an interview with Fox News later yesterday.

There have been no signals from Kyiv about resuming Russia-Ukraine talks, Kremlin says

Meanwhile, there have been no signals from Kyiv about a possible resumption of negotiations between the Russian and Ukrainian delegations, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told Russia’s RIA state news agency in remarks published today.

“No, so far there are basically no signals from Kyiv at all,” Mr Peskov said when asked whether there were any indications about talks resuming between the Russian and Ukrainian delegations, according to the RIA report.