Ukraine conducts large-scale drone strikes on Russia, killing 4 and wounding 12 others

World Ukraine conducts large-scale drone strikes on Russia, killing 4 and wounding 12 others May 17, 202610:49 AM ET By  The Associated Press This photo released by Moscow Region Governor Andrei Vorobyev's official telegram channel shows the damage after a Ukrainian drone attack, just outside Moscow, Russia, on Sunday, May 17, 2026. Andrei Vorobyev/Moscow Region Governor Andrei Vo/AP hide caption toggle caption Andrei Vorobyev/Moscow Region Governor Andrei Vo/AP KYIV, Ukraine — One of Ukraine's largest drone strikes on Russia killed at least four people, including three near Moscow, and wounded a dozen others, local authorities said Sunday. Debris fell on Russia's largest airport without causing damage. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy confirmed the drone strikes, saying that they were "entirely justified." Russia has repeatedly launched similar attacks on Ukraine's capital and other cities during the war, and an expert said that the strikes appeared to be retaliation for recent Russian attacks on Kyiv. Russian drone strikes on Ukraine overnight wounded eight people, Ukrainian authorities said. Sponsor Message In Ukraine's strikes on Russia, a woman was killed after a drone hit her home in Khimki, a Russian city just northwest of Moscow, and two men died in the village of Pogorelki, which is 10 kilometers (6 miles) north of the capital, according to local Gov. Andrei Vorobyev. Ukrainian drones had also damaged unspecified "infrastructure" and several high-rise buildings, Vorobyev said on social media. One man was also killed after a drone struck a truck in the Belgorod region, which borders Ukraine, according to local authorities. In Moscow itself, at least 12 people were wounded in the nighttime strike, mostly near the entrance to the city's oil refinery, mayor Sergei Sobyanin reported. Sobyanin reported that the "technology" of the refinery hadn't been damaged. Russia's largest airport — Moscow's Sheremetyevo — said that drone debris had fallen on its...