At least three people were killed in the assault on the capital, and at least 10 were wounded in a separate strike in the southern city of Zaporizhzhia.

A Ukrainian drone attack ignited a fire at an industrial site late Friday in Russia's Kaluga region, about 170 kilometers from the shared border. "As a result of a drone attack in Lyudinovo, a fire broke out on the territory of an industrial enterprise,

Russia launched a combined strike on Ukraine during the night of January 18. The occupiers fired four rockets and 39 drones, according to the Air Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on Telegram. Russia launched drone strikes from three directions: Millerovo,

The presidents of Russia and Iran have held talks in the Kremlin before the signing of a broad cooperation pact to deepen their partnership amid stinging Western sanctions.

The agreement is focused more on trade than military issues, but it will bring two countries with a shared desire to challenge the West closer together.

By Vladimir Soldatkin and Andrew Osborn MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Iranian counterpart Masoud Pezeshkian on Friday signed a 20-year strategic partnership treaty involving closer defence cooperation that is likely to worry the West.