Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy denied the Kremlin’s claim that drones from Kyiv attempted to strike Moscow or assassinate Vladimir Putin. Russia said earlier it has the right to respond after it downed two drones Tuesday night that it said were part of a “planned terrorist act.”

Separately, Russia launched attacks on several cities overnight using Iranian Shahed drones, most of which were shot down by air-defense systems, local officials said. There were no immediate reports of casualties after strikes on the Kyiv, Dnipropetrovsk and Mykolayiv regions.

Zelenskiy made a surprise visit to Helsinki to discuss the country’s defense against Russia’s invasion with his Finnish counterpart, Sauli Niinisto, as well as with the prime ministers of Finland, Sweden, Norway, Denmark and Iceland.

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