"Whoever, and however much they try to destroy, they will face many times more destruction themselves and will regret what they are trying to do in our country," Putin said on Dec. 22.

The airport in the Russian city of Kazan reopened on Saturday after temporarily closing earlier in the day following a Ukrainian drone attack, Russia's aviation watchdog said. Russian state news agencies reported the drone attack on a residential complex and other areas in Kazan,

Russia's Kazan city was targeted by a major drone attack from Ukraine on Saturday. The attack damaged a high-rise apartment building but did not cause any casualties. Tatarstan's leader Rustam Minnikhanov confirmed the attack on Telegram saying that "today Kazan suffered a massive drone attack.

MOSCOW - Russian President Vladimir Putin on Dec 22 vowed to bring more “destruction” to Ukraine in retaliation for a drone attack on the central Russian city of Kazan a day earlier. Russia accused Ukraine of a “massive” drone attack that hit a luxury apartment block in the city, some 1,000km from the frontier.

Firefighters put out flames after falling debris from a downed Ukraine drone sparked a fire in a shopping mall in the city of Vladikavkaz in Russia's North Ossetia, according to authorities.

On December 21, 2024, in Kazan, Russia, a video captured Ukrainian drones striking residential buildings deep within Russian territory. The footage shows up to three kamikaze drones hitting multiple high-rise residential buildings.

Ukrainian air defenses successfully intercepted over 50 missiles and a significant number of drones. "Every massive Russian strike requires time for preparation," he wrote. “It is never a spontaneous decision.