Ukraine launches wave of drone attacks on Russia

The airport in the Pskov region of Russia, about 700 kilometers north of the Ukrainian border, was the hardest hit in the overnight drone attacks Wednesday. All flights to and from the airport were canceled for the day so damage could be assessed.

The Ukrainian drones also targeted the Oryol region, about 400 kilometers south of Moscow, as well as Ryazan and Kaluga, which are both 200 kilometers south of the Russian capital, and Bryansk, which borders Ukraine. Russia said it shot down some of the drones.

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said the Russian military would undoubtedly analyze "how this was done in order to take appropriate measures to prevent these situations in the future."

Russia's Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said Ukraine was relying on foreign help because the drones "simply would not be able to fly such a distance without carefully researched information from Western satellites."

The Russian military said its forces repelled an attack by a sea drone near Sevastopol, the port city in the annexed Crimean Peninsula that is the base of Russia's Black Sea fleet.

In an unspecified part of the Black Sea, Russia also said Wednesday it destroyed four Ukrainian military boats that were carrying Ukrainian troops.