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href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/2025\/03\/07\/nato-scrambles-warplanes-putin-unleashes-missile-drone-attack-22685360\/\">days after Ukraine\u2019s vital infrastructure<\/a> was hit in an onslaught from Vladimir Putin\u2019s troops. <\/p>\n<p>Russian air defences claimed to have intercepted and destroyed 337 of the Ukrainian drones over ten regions at night, including 91 around Moscow, and 126 drones over the Kursk region, which is partially under Ukrainian control.<\/p>\n<p>All four main Moscow airports \u2013 Sheremetyevo, Domodedovo, Vnukova and Zhukovsky \u2013 were disrupted by the drone onslaught, delaying flights and cancelling others. <\/p>\n<p>Moscow\u2019s Putin-loyalist mayor Sergei Sobyanin claimed over 70\u00a0drones targeted the Russian capital and were shot down as they were flying toward it.<\/p>\n<p>Russia also hit Ukraine with overnight strikes on Kyiv and Odesa, where an oil depot and residential building were attacked. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"img-container shareable-item wp-caption\">\n<div class=\"img-wrap\">\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"646\" height=\"486\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" class=\"article-image wp-image-22704405 lazyload\" alt=\"This photo released by Moscow Region Governor Andrei Vorobyev official telegram channel shows a damaged apartment on the site where a shot down Ukrainian drone fell, outside Moscow, Russia, on Tuesday, March 11, 2025. (Moscow Region Governor Andrei Vorobyev official telegram channel via AP)\" loading=\"lazy\" data-src=\"http:\/\/softnary.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/SEI_243395778-f100.jpg\">\t<\/div><figcaption>Windows were blown out of one high-rise apartment (Picture: AP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"img-container shareable-item wp-caption\">\n<div class=\"img-wrap\">\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"646\" height=\"493\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" class=\"article-image wp-image-22704444 lazyload\" alt=\"Russia under record 337-drone attack as Ukraine strikes ten regions, including Moscow, hitting an oil refinery in the Oryol region and targeting the nuclear town of Kurchatov\" loading=\"lazy\" data-src=\"http:\/\/softnary.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/SEI_243400306-d4c8.jpg\">\t<\/div><figcaption>Multiple high-rises were targeted in Moscow (Picture: E2W News)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Russian officials described a \u2018mass attack\u2019, the first major strike on the capital and surrounding region since November. Hundreds of people were forced to evacuate their homes as the drones rained down.<\/p>\n<p>A key focus of the Ukrainian strikes was the Kursk region, where thousands of Kyiv\u2019s troops risk being surrounded by Russian forces backed by North Korean fighters.<\/p>\n<p>Last week, <a href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/tag\/vladimir-putin\/\">Putin<\/a>\u2019s forces launched at least 67 missiles of various types and 194 attack and decoy drones in their latest attack on Ukraine \u2013 just hours after\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/tag\/donald-trump\/\">Donald Trump<\/a>\u00a0had said the Kremlin dictator wanted to stop the war but had a \u2018secret reason\u2019 for continuing.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"img-container shareable-item wp-caption\">\n<div class=\"img-wrap\">\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"646\" height=\"676\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" class=\"article-image wp-image-22707289 lazyload\" alt=\"METRO GRAPHICS Kursk Pincer Attack\" loading=\"lazy\" data-src=\"http:\/\/softnary.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/SEI_243432377-97ea.jpg\">\t<\/div><figcaption>Ukrainian forces have been pulling back from the Russian border region of Kursk amid a renewed offensive (Picture: Metro)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"img-container shareable-item wp-caption\">\n<div class=\"img-wrap\">\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"646\" height=\"474\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" class=\"article-image wp-image-22704439 lazyload\" alt=\"Russia under record 337-drone attack as Ukraine strikes ten regions, including Moscow, hitting an oil refinery in the Oryol region and targeting the nuclear town of Kurchatov\" loading=\"lazy\" data-src=\"http:\/\/softnary.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/SEI_243400464-73a8.jpg\">\t<\/div><figcaption>The roof of a home was on fire after the attack (Picture: E2W News)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>All eyes will be on Saudi Arabia this week as discussions kick off between <a data-track=\"inline-tag-auto-link_article\" href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/tag\/white-house\/\">the White House<\/a> and Ukrainian delegations in the country as part of an intensive week of diplomacy to find a deal to end the war.<\/p>\n<p>Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer told US President Donald Trump he wanted the talks to have a \u2018positive outcome\u2019 that would see military aid and intelligence-sharing resume when the pair spoke on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>The US leader paused the supply of weapons and crucial information for Kyiv\u2019s war effort following his public spat with Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, military chiefs from potential members of the so-called \u2018coalition of the willing\u2019 will meet in Paris, with French officials indicating around 30 countries could take part.<\/p>\n<p>Chief of the Defence Staff Admiral Sir Tony Radakin will attend for the UK before Defence Secretary John Healey meets opposite numbers from France, Germany, Italy and Poland in the French capital on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><strong><strong><strong>Get in touch with our news team by emailing us at <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"mailto:webnews@metro.co.uk\" target=\"_blank\">webnews@metro.co.uk<\/a>.<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><strong>For more stories like this, <\/strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/news\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>check our news page<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>{“@context”:”https:\/\/schema.org”,”@type”:”VideoObject”,”name”:”Metro.co.uk”,”duration”:”T29S”,”thumbnailUrl”:”https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2025\/03\/11\/07\/96055367-0-image-a-6_1741676730731.jpg”,”uploadDate”:”2025-03-11T07:04:19+0000″,”description”:”The drone attack comes ahead of crunch peace talks.”,”contentUrl”:”https:\/\/videos.metro.co.uk\/video\/met\/2025\/03\/11\/5019650023758871687\/640x360_MP4_5019650023758871687.mp4″,”height”:640,”width”:360} To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video Up Next Previous Page Next Page window.addEventListener(‘metroVideo:relatedVideosCarouselLoaded’, function(data) { if (typeof(data.detail) === ‘undefined’ || typeof(data.detail.carousel) === ‘undefined’ || typeof(data.detail.carousel.el_) === ‘undefined’) { return; 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