Zelensky narrowly survives as drone nearly hits his aircraft in horror attack

 Norwegian Prime Minister Gahr Store has said Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky's aircraft was almost hit by a drone during takeoff in Moldova en route to Oslo. Mr Store told state channel NRK that the incident occurred while Mr Zelensky was on his way to the late Norwegian King Harald's funeral.

He said: "I asked how the night had been, and he said it wasn't a good night, because he had been on the phone receiving news about where the missiles had hit. It's a very dramatic situation. It makes a strong impression."

Mr Zelensky arrived at the Plaza Hotel in Oslo at around 9pm on Tuesday, where he met with Mr Store and Norwegian Foreign Minister Espen Barth Eide.

The pair also held a meeting on Tuesday, and the Ukrainian President was visited again by the Norwegian Prime Minister's office 

The Ukrainian President said he was speaking to Norway and Canada to discuss anti-ballistic weapons capabilities.

He said: "Our weak point is anti-ballistic capabilities. We must become stronger. I want to have meetings in both Norway and Canada. We must develop our own anti-ballistic system."

On Wednesday, Mr Zelensky urged countries to step up the pressure on Russia and accused them of not taking a tougher stance against Russia over its escalating bombardment of civilian areas of Ukraine.

He said: "Unfortunately, there has been too little response from the international community to these strikes, which are taking people's lives practically every day.

"But a response is needed - Moscow must not go into the winter believing that it can get away with missile and drone terror without consequences."

The Ukrainian President said his country is responding to Moscow's strikes with daily long-range attacks on infrastructure deep inside Russia.

Ukrainian drones on Wednesday targeted an unspecified industrial facility in the remote Russian city of Novy Urengoy in North-west Siberia, local authorities said.

The attack was repelled, and there were no casualties, but falling drone debris sparked a fire, Yamalo-Nenets region Gov. Dmitry Artyukhov said on Telegram.