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.

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.

Ukraine launches one of the largest missile and drone attacks of war into Russia - Moscow say Kyiv fired six US-made ATACMS ballistic missiles, six British Storm Shadow cruise missiles and at least 14

Ukraine struck Russian regions with a major drone and missile attack overnight, damaging at least two factories and forcing schools to close in a major southern Russian city, according to Russian officials and media.

Fiber-optic drones popped up on the battlefields of Ukraine last year, and are set to become more popular on both sides in 2025.

Ukraine has launched a "massive attack" that hit multiple targets in Russia 's Engels, Saratov, Kazan, Bryansk, and Tula, a senior Ukrainian official said. At such a critical moment in US history, we need reporters on the ground. Your donation allows us to keep sending journalists to speak to both sides of the story.

At least one person was killed and 17 injured in Russian bombardment of Ukrainian provinces countrywide overnight from Sumy in the northeast to Khmelnytskyi in the southwest.