"ACT OF DESPERATION"
"Against the background of the failure of the so-called 'counteroffensive', Kyiv ... has focused on carrying out terrorist attacks on civilian infrastructure," Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu said Monday.
In response, "the intensity of our strikes against Ukrainian military facilities ... has been considerably increased", Shoigu said.
Sunday's drone attack damaged two office towers in a Moscow business district, shattering several windows and leaving documents strewn on the ground.
The capital and its environs, lying about 500km from the Ukrainian border, had rarely been targeted during the conflict until several drone attacks this year.
Following the strikes, Zelenskyy warned Sunday that war was coming to Russia.
"Gradually, the war is returning to the territory of Russia - to its symbolic centres and military bases, and this is an inevitable, natural and absolutely fair process," Zelenskyy said.
The Kremlin responded Monday, describing the strikes on the capital as an "act of desperation" by Ukraine following setbacks on the battlefield.
"It is obvious that the counteroffensive is not a success," Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters, adding that the situation was "very difficult" for Ukrainian forces on the front.
"All possible measures have been taken to defend civil infrastructure" against Ukrainian strikes, Peskov added.
Ukraine began its long-awaited counteroffensive in June but has made modest advances in the face of stiff resistance from Russian forces on the frontline.
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