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President
Zelensky today warned Putin 'if Ukraine is going to burn, your
Moscow will burn too' after Kyiv launched a huge drone attack that left Russia's capital blanketed in toxic smoke.
Scores of drones targeted the city, hitting its oil refinery for the second time this week.
It was
Ukraine's largest drone attack on Moscow in years, sparking fires in and around the Russian capital and forcing evacuations at the country's largest airport.
Footage captured the moment a Ukrainian drone struck the oil depot, sending a huge fireball into the sky as debris rained down around it.
'We don't want this war, we never did, and everyone knows it, and our partners know it,' Zelensky said. 'But if Ukraine burns, your Moscow will burn.'
Zelensky held talks Thursday in Brussels with
Nato and
European Union leaders, and the German and Ukrainian defense ministers signed an agreement to jointly develop an air defense system to counter ballistic missiles.
He described it as the start of an 'anti-ballistic missile coalition' and invited others to join.
Zelensky called on Europe and the United States to increase pressure on Russia through sanctions on Russia's defence and energy sectors and broader economy to force President Vladimir Putin into ending the war.
Scores of drones targeted Moscow overnight, hitting the Russian capital's oil refinery for the second time this week.
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