Intense drone attacks repelled by Ukrainian air defenses amidst ongoing Russia-Ukraine conflict.

Ukrainian air defenses repelled Russia's most intense air attack on Kyiv since the start of the year, which came after Moscow accused Ukraine of attempting to assassinate Russian President Vladimir Putin in a drone strike at the Kremlin. All Russian missiles and drones were destroyed in Kyiv airspace by Ukrainian air defense forces, and there were no civilian casualties or damage to residential buildings and infrastructure. Ukraine denied involvement in the alleged strike, while former Russian official Ilya Ponomarev believed the attack was the work of Russian partisans, not the Ukrainian military. Fires also broke out in two oil refineries in southwestern Russia following separate alleged drone strikes.