Russia and Ukraine trade drone attacks as car bomb injures ex-Ukrainian aide in Moscow
Photo: The HinduRussia said on Friday, November 13, 2026, that it destroyed 1,198 Ukrainian drones overnight over more than 15 regions, and local authorities said four people died in an industrial zone in the Volgograd region. Governor Andrei Bocharov said two others were hurt. Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said 467 drones hit the capital, according to RIA Novosti. Ukraine reported attacks on Odesa, where the city's military administration said at least two people were killed, and a hospital in Kyiv was damaged, wounding one person. Sumy Governor Oleh Hryhorov said two people died there. Zaporizhzhia's acting governor, Mykhailo Semikin, said a 17-year-old boy was killed, and a local official said five people were injured in Rivne.
Separately, a car exploded in the Chertanovo district of southern Moscow, injuring Sergei Zavorotniy, a former aide to Mykola Azarov, Ukraine's prime minister from 2010 to 2014. It was the second apparent car attack in two days. Russia's Investigative Committee opened an investigation. The attacks came a day after U.S. envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner met Vladimir Putin in Moscow and then flew to Dublin to meet Volodymyr Zelensky.
CNN, the only left-leaning outlet in this set, covers just the Moscow explosion, citing Russian authorities and stressing it was the second apparent attack in two days. The New York Post covers the same bombing in more detail, citing Kommersant, Ren TV and Baza on Zavorotniy's reported loss of an arm and other injuries, Azarov's comment to TASS, and Moscow's past blame of Ukraine for assassinations. The Daily Mail instead leads with Ukrainian civilian deaths and footage of a grieving man in Odesa. The Hindu and Al Jazeera, the alternative sources, frame the Russian drone toll against the U.S. peace push.
How the sides differ Left sources cover only the Moscow car explosion; right sources add its details plus Ukrainian civilian casualties; alternative sources focus on the drone barrage and U.S. diplomacy.
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CNN reports the Moscow car explosion that injured a former aide to a pro-Russian Ukrainian politician, citing Russian authorities and noting it was the second apparent attack in two days.
The Hindu and Al Jazeera lead with Russia's claim of intercepting nearly 1,200 Ukrainian drones and the four deaths in Volgograd, framing it against U.S.-led peace diplomacy and citing Russian and Ukrainian officials.
The New York Post details the Moscow car bombing using Russian media reports and Azarov's comment, while the Daily Mail focuses on Ukrainian civilian casualties from Russian drones, including emotional footage.