Ukraine launched a massive drone attack on Moscow and other parts of Russia in the early hours of Tuesday morning, according to Russian authorities.
Russia’s Ministry of Defense said in a statement on Telegram that it shot down 144 drones, including 20 around the Russian capital, 72 in the western region of Bryansk and more than 50 elsewhere.
Moscow regional Governor Andrey Vorobyov said Tuesday on Telegram that the drones struck “the urban districts of Podolsk, Ramenskoye, Lyubertsy, Domodedovo and Kolomna” in Moscow region, killing one woman and injuring three others.
Two apartment buildings were severely damaged, he added, and dozens of people were evacuated. Three airports in Moscow were temporarily shut down after the attacks, Reuters reported.
The bombardment is one of Ukraine’s largest drone attacks on Russian territory. Kyiv has stepped up its assaults on Russia in recent months, aiming to cripple the Kremlin’s invasion often by striking military targets across the border.
Authorities in Kyiv have so far not commented on the attack.
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<h2 style="text-align: left;"><span data-preserver-spaces="true">The Acting National Chairman of the <a href="https://www.naijanews.com/topic/NLC">NLC</a> Political Commission, Theophilus Ndubuaku, has maintained that the NLC registered the Labour Party in 2003, giving it ownership rights.</span></h2>
<p><span data-preserver-spaces="true">Ndubuaku disclosed this during an appearance on Arise Television's News program on Wednesday.</span></p>
<p><span data-preserver-spaces="true">The statement comes amid protests by NLC members against the Labour Party’s planned March 27 National Convention.</span></p>
<p><strong><span data-preserver-spaces="true">Naija News</span></strong><span data-preserver-spaces="true"> recalls that scores of protesting members of the NLC Political Commission </span><a class="editor-rtfLink" href="https://www.naijanews.com/2024/03/20/nlc-protesters-storm-labour-party-secretariat-call-for-abures-sack/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong><span data-preserver-spaces="true">stormed</span></strong></a><span data-preserver-spaces="true"> the party’s national headquarters in Abuja on Wednesday, chanting solidarity songs and calling for the sack of the National Chairman, Julius Abure.</span></p>
<p><span data-preserver-spaces="true">“<em>In 2018, there was a court judgment by Justice Kolawole that stated clearly that Labour Party belongs to NLC.</em></span></p>
<p><span data-preserver-spaces="true"><em>“NLC registered Labour Party in 2003. The problem is that they are used to flouting, disregarding court orders, disregarding agreements,</em>” Ndubuaku said.</span></p>
<p><span data-preserver-spaces="true">However, in the same interview, the Labour Party's Deputy National Chairman, Ayo Olorunfemi, dismissed assertions, alleging that the NLC has ownership rights over the party.</span></p>
<p><span data-preserver-spaces="true">Olorunfemi said, “<em>The Labour Party belongs to Nigerian workers, not NLC and the earlier we understood this, the better. We have TUC, we have NLC, we even have professional bodies. We have informal sectors of the economy, people who are not unionized at all, they are all owners of Labour Party.</em></span></p>
<p><span data-preserver-spaces="true"><em>“For NLC to want to lay sole claim to the ownership of Labour Party is absurd. NLC cannot be laying sole claim to the ownership of Labour Party.</em>”</span></p>
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