Ukraine attacks Russia with drones after suffering three days of massive strikes

Ukraine has launched a large-scale long-range drone attack targeting several regions in Russia including the huge Ryazan oil refinery, after three days of massive strikes by Moscow against Ukraine. Kyiv’s attack on Friday followed a series of drone and missile attacks on Ukraine , including on the capital, Kyiv, where a cruise missile hit an apartment block on Thursday, killing 24 people including three children. The final death toll in Kyiv emerged as emergency teams finished digging through the rubble of a nine-storey block which was hit in what the Ukrainian air force said was Russia’s biggest barrage of the country since it launched its all-out invasion in February 2022. Rescue workers stand in the yard of an apartment building heavily damaged after a Russian strike in Kyiv. Photograph: Evgeniy Maloletka/AP As Ukraine announced a national day of mourning, the Council of Europe said on Friday, during a summit of 46 European foreign ministers in Moldova, that it was moving towards setting up a war crimes court to try Russia’s leadership for its war of aggression against Ukraine. “Action now needs to be taken to follow up on this political commitment by securing the tribunal’s functioning and funding,” said Alain Berset, the secretary general of the Council of Europe . …