Vladimir Putin was informed about the drone attack on Kazan. He remains in constant contact with the military, said the dictator's spokesperson, Dmitry Peskov. Ukrainian drones struck several buildings.

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,

Ukrainian drones struck a skyscraper in the Russian city of Kazan on Saturday morning during an unusually long-range attack.

Russian President Vladimir Putin said he would enquire about the whereabouts of Austin Tice, the American journalist missing in Syria, while responding to a question from an NBC correspondent at his lengthy end-of-year press conference.

The strikes of the "Dagger" hypersonic missiles was seen as Putin’s revenge for the use by Ukraine of British Storm Shadow and US ATACMS missiles against Russia’s Rostov region a day earlier