{"id":2412379,"date":"2025-03-11T10:41:00","date_gmt":"2025-03-11T14:41:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ukraine-launches-hundreds-of-drones-at-russia-as-peace-talks-begin-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-03-11T10:45:09","modified_gmt":"2025-03-11T14:45:09","slug":"ukraine-launches-hundreds-of-drones-at-russia-as-peace-talks-begin-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ukraine-launches-hundreds-of-drones-at-russia-as-peace-talks-begin-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Ukraine launches hundreds of drones at Russia as peace talks begin &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fukraine-launches-hundreds-of-drones-at-russia-as-peace-talks-begin-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2412379&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Ukraine has launched its\u200b largest drone strike \u2062on Russia,\u2064 targeting\u2063 Moscow with hundreds\u200c of drones.\u200c The Russian Defense Ministry\u200b reported\u200d intercepting \u2062337 drones, 91 \u2064of which where over the capital. This attack, \u200cdescribed by\u200d Moscow\u200d officials as unprecedented, resulted in \u2062two fatalities and injuries to 18 \u200bindividuals. Several buildings and four\u200c major airports in Moscow temporarily suspended operations\u200b during\u200c the assault.<\/p>\n<p>This military action coincided\u200b with \u200dpreliminary <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/yemen-lgbt-refugees-and-white-supremacy-everything-you-need-to-know-about-bidens-first-foreign-policy-speech\/\" title=\"Yemen, LGBT Refugees, And White Supremacy: Everything You Need To Know About Biden\u2019s First Foreign Policy Speech\">peace talks<\/a> involving U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio in Saudi Arabia,\u200d aimed at assessing\u200b what concessions might be acceptable for ukraine in negotiations \u200cwith \u200bRussia. The Kremlin\u200b suspects that the\u200b timing of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/president-biden-to-announce-plan-to-pull-all-us-troops-from-afghanistan-by-september-11\/\" title=\"President Biden To Announce Plan To Pull All US Troops From Afghanistan By September 11\">drone strikes<\/a> could disrupt these talks, although no formal negotiations\u2062 are\u200d currently underway. In response to the attacks, a Russian \u200dlawmaker suggested potential retaliatory action against\u200c Ukraine. \u200bMeanwhile, Ukraine also faced attacks from Russian missiles and \u200ddrones.<\/p>\n<p>The escalation of hostilities comes after recent heavy bombardments of ukraine, prompting U.S. President Donald\u200d Trump to threaten new\u2064 sanctions and tariffs on Russia until \u200ca ceasefire is achieved.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Ukraine launches hundreds of drones at Russia as peace talks begin<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2031871\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Hundreds of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/ukraine\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Ukrainian<\/a> drones hit Russia during Kyiv&rsquo;s biggest-ever attack on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/moscow\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Moscow<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The Russian Defense Ministry announced it intercepted 337 drones during the Ukrainian attack early on Tuesday morning, including 91 over Moscow. Moscow Mayor Sergey Sobyanin described it as the &ldquo;largest&rdquo; Ukrainian drone attack ever on Russia&rsquo;s capital, which is the country&rsquo;s biggest city with roughly 9 million residents.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/defense\/3343391\/daily-on-defense-us-ukraine-peace-talks-rubio-saudi-arabia\/\">US demanding Ukraine trade land for peace, as talks with Rubio open in Saudi Arabia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/finance-and-economy\/3342943\/social-security-first-round-payments-march-one-day\/\">First round of March Social Security payments goes out in one day<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3343385\/gas-prices-fall-across-country-2\/\">Gas prices: Fuels costs continue to fall across the country<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>The strikes, which killed two workers at a meat-packing facility and injured 18 others,&nbsp;came hours ahead of preliminary peace talks brokered by the United States. Secretary of State Marco Rubio is meeting with his Ukrainian counterparts in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, &ldquo;to get a general sense of what concessions are in the realm of the possible for [Ukraine] and what they would need in return&rdquo; from Russia.<\/p>\n<p>Seven apartments in a residential building were damaged, and 12 people,&nbsp;including three children, were evacuated from their flats during the strikes, per Sobyanin. Four of Russia&rsquo;s largest airports &mdash;Sheremetyevo, Domodedovo, Vnukovo, and Zhukovsky &mdash; suspended flights during the strikes, as did airports in the Yaroslavl and Nizhny Novgorod regions to the east of Moscow.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">This photo released by Moscow Region Gov. Andrei Vorobyev&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ukraine-launches-hundreds-of-drones-at-russia-as-peace-talks-kick-off-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"... of ... at ... as ... kick off - Washington Examiner\">telegram channel shows<\/a> the site where one of the shot-down Ukrainian drones fell, outside Moscow, Russia, on Tuesday, March 11, 2025. (Moscow Region Gov. Andrei Vorobyev telegram channel via AP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said it is &ldquo;possible&rdquo; the Ukrainian strikes were meant to disrupt the Jeddah peace meeting on Tuesday, according to ABC News.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;There are no negotiations yet. So far, the Americans, in their own words, are trying to understand how ready Ukraine is for peace talks. There are no negotiations yet, so there is nothing to disrupt here yet,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;But the fact that it is possible to spoil the emerging trend, yes.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Colonel General Andrei Kartapolov, a leading Russian lawmaker, suggested a retaliatory strike against Kyiv using the &ldquo;Oreshnik&rdquo; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/4-hostile-regimes-testing-joe-biden-during-his-first-months-in-office\/\" title=\"4 Hostile Regimes Testing Joe Biden During His First Months In Office\">hypersonic missile<\/a> could be forthcoming, according to state-run media.&nbsp;The Oreshnik is a new, advanced experimental type of <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">intermediate-range ballistic missile<\/a> that travels to its target at 10 times the speed of sound. It was used by Russia for the first time in November 2024. &nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Kartapolov said he believed using the Oreshnik against Ukraine could be &ldquo;useful,&rdquo; although he added that the final decision would be up to Russian President Vladimir Putin.<\/p>\n<p>Ukraine was also hit by a Russian ballistic missile and 126 drones early on Tuesday morning.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Many drones failed to meet their targets, but there was one apparent casualty based on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2025\/03\/11\/europe\/ukraine-moscow-drone-attack-intl-hnk\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">a CNN review<\/a> of released figures. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/defense\/3343391\/daily-on-defense-us-ukraine-peace-talks-rubio-saudi-arabia\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><strong>US DEMANDING UKRAINE TRADE LAND FOR PEACE, AS TALKS WITH RUBIO OPEN IN SAUDI ARABIA<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>When Russia hit Ukraine with massive missile and drone strikes earlier this month, President Donald Trump threatened to put new tariffs and sanctions on Moscow until a ceasefire is reached. The March 7 strikes, using nearly 70 cruise and ballistic missiles and almost 200 attack drones, targeted Ukraine&rsquo;s energy and gas infrastructure.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Based on the fact that Russia is absolutely &lsquo;pounding&rsquo; Ukraine on the battlefield right now, I am strongly considering large scale banking sanctions, sanctions, and tariffs on Russia until a cease fire and FINAL SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT ON PEACE IS REACHED,&rdquo; Trump said in a Truth Social post responding to the bombardment.&nbsp;&ldquo;To Russia and Ukraine, get to the table right now, before it is too late.&rdquo; <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_2031871\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"2031871\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ukraine launches a massive drone attack on Russia as peace talks start<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3142,"featured_media":2412380,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Ukraine-drone-attack-on-Russia-March-11.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[7237,4280,6991],"class_list":["post-2412379","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-drones","tag-russia","tag-ukraine"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Ukraine-drone-attack-on-Russia-March-11.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2412379","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3142"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2412379"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2412379\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2412383,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2412379\/revisions\/2412383"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2412380"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2412379"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2412379"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2412379"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}