Drones attacked Moscow for the second time in a week with at least one hitting a central area not far from government buildings, as Russian news services reported US special envoy Steve Witkoff’s plane had left the country following talks.

Russia said it was hit by a “massive” drone attack overnight Tuesday, hours ahead of critical talks between officials from Washington and Kyiv.

Russia said its air defenses downed 337 Ukrainian drones overnight, including dozens targeting Moscow, in what seems to be the largest attack on its territory of the three-year-long war.

Long-range strike drones of Ukraine's Defence Intelligence hit a UAV production facility in the settlement of Obukhovo, Dzerzhinsky district, Russia's Kaluga Oblast on the evening of 12 March. Source: Ukrainska Pravda source in security services Details: The source reported that the Russians set up production lines for assembling drones inside the workshops of the Kaluga gas concrete plant.

After Ukraine staged its biggest-ever drone attack on Moscow, which coincided with the U.S.-Ukrainian talks in Saudi Arabia, VOA Russian spoke to regional experts who saw it as Kyiv's signal to Vladimir Putin to convince him to agree to a ceasefire.

Ukrainian drones targeted Moscow for a second time this week, with city authorities saying early Friday that air defense systems downed four unmanned aircraft near the Russian capital. Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said emergency crews were dispatched to areas where debris from the intercepted drones had fallen.

Russia launched 27 drones at Ukraine. Air defense operated in four regions and shot down most of the UAVs, reports the Ukrainian Air Force. "On the night of March 14, the enemy attacked with 27 Shahed-type strike drones and imitation drones of various types from the directions of Millerovo,

Ceasefire efforts come at a time when Ukraine is fast losing ground on the battlefield amid a freeze in US military aid and intelligence sharing