Russia has sent waves of drones to the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv, damaging administrative and residential buildings. Since the collapse of a deal that allowed Kyiv to ship grain around the globe through the Black Sea despite a naval blockade by Russia, Moscow has pummeled Ukrainian ports on the Danube River. The drone strikes and the warehouse explosion came as Russia has unleashed a wave of attacks on Ukraine recently. Dmitry Akulov, the head of the district, wrote on Telegram that several people could be buried under the rubble, and that the authorities had ordered a “total evacuation” of all the plant’s buildings and workshops. Russia’s Federal Investigative Committee said on Telegram that it was looking into the possible “violation of industrial safety requirements” at the plant. The drone attacks came on the same day that a powerful explosion ripped through a warehouse outside Moscow, killing one person and injuring at least 60 others, some seriously, according to a post on Telegram by local officials. President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine has said that taking the war to Russia is “an inevitable, natural and absolutely fair process.” Ukrainian officials did not immediately claim responsibility for the attack, but in the past they have acknowledged orchestrating or supporting strikes in Russia and made clear that the war’s devastation would not be limited to Ukrainian soil.

There were no casualties or damage, and air defenses destroyed the drones, Russia’s Ministry of Defense said on the Telegram messaging app. The attacks suggest that the effort to push Russia’s war deep into its own territory was picking up pace amid Ukraine’s marathon counteroffensive to take back occupied territory.

Russia shot down two drones near Moscow overnight, officials said on Wednesday, the 12th time in the past three weeks they have reported intercepting such aerial assaults in the heart of the capital.

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