Ukraine has struck gas facilities in southwest Russia’s Orenburg region, more than 1,500km (932 miles) from the Ukrainian border, according to President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.Zelenskyy said in his daily video address on Tuesday evening that the attack was a retaliation for Russia’s overnight attacks on Ukraine. “Ukraine has said that we will act symmetrically in response to Russia,” he said.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of listEvgeny Solntsev, the governor of Orenburg – home to one of the world’s largest gasfields and containing industrial infrastructure considered vital to Russia’s military and economy – claimed that nine Ukrainian drones were repelled over the region.The fragments of the downed drones damaged a residential building, a nearby school and a kindergarten, without causing any injuries, he said.Ukraine’s latest attacks on Russia came hours after Moscow launched a series of overnight attacks on its neighbour, killing six people in the region of Dnipropetrovsk, as the three-day ceasefire brokered by United States President Donald Trump came to an end.The pause in hostilities coincided with Russia’s Victory Day celebrations, marking the Soviet defeat of Nazi Germany in the second world war. Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha said Kyiv had offered to extend the ceasefire, but Moscow refused.Zelenskyy said Ukraine had been attacked by more than 200 drones, which damaged energy facilities, apartment buildings, a kindergarten and a civilian train. He added that drones had been intercepted across six regions. Advertisement On Tuesday, Russia tested its new nuclear-capable intercontinental missile, which President Vladimir Putin said would be depl …
