The barrage appeared to be one of the largest recent assaults in Ukraine’s campaign to damage Russia’s war machine on its home territory.

Russia’s military on Tuesday said it would retaliate against Ukraine after Kyiv attacked Russian regions by firing six US-made ATACMS ballistic missiles, six UK-made Storm Shadow cruise missiles and launching one of the biggest drone attacks to date.

Denys Popovych military expert, journalist He linked the new Russian bombing strategy to recent Ukrainian drone strikes on Engels, particularly on its fuel infrastructure, likely forced Moscow to rethink its deployment strategy.