The city of Kazan also houses a new Kremlin factory that produces thousands of drones under licence from Iran, which are then fired at Ukraine. Speaking to the leader of the Tatarstan region – where Kazan is based – Putin said that Ukraine would ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin has vowed to bring "destruction" to Ukraine in response to a drone attack on the city of Kazan, located roughly 620 miles from the frontlines of the ongoing conflict.

Kyiv on Saturday staged a major drone attack on the Russian city of Kazan, 1,000 kilometres (620 miles) from the frontier, the latest in a series of escalating aerial attacks in the nearly three-year conflict.