More than 140 Ukrainian drones struck several regions in Russia overnight, including the capital Moscow and its surroundings, Russian authorities reported Tuesday, in one of kyiv’s biggest drone attacks on Russian soil in the two-and-a-half-year war.
In the town of Ramenskoye outside Moscow, drones hit two multi-storey residential buildings and caused fires, Moscow region governor Andrei Vorobyov said. One woman was killed and three others were injured. Five residential buildings near one of the damaged ones were evacuated as emergency services dealt with the wreckage of the drones, Vorobyov said.
The Ukrainian offensive prompted authorities to temporarily close three airports outside Moscow: Vnukovo, Domodedovo and Zhukovsky. A total of 48 flights were diverted to other airports, according to Russia’s civil aviation authority, Rosaviatsia.
In Moscow, the wreckage of a drone crashed into a private house on the outskirts of the city, causing no injuries, said Mayor Sergei Sobyanin. According to the mayor, more than a dozen drones heading towards the city were shot down by anti-aircraft defences.
In total, Russia’s Defense Ministry said it “intercepted and destroyed” 144 Ukrainian drones over nine regions, both on the border and further inland.
It was kyiv’s second major drone attack on Russia this month. On Sept. 1, the Russian military said it intercepted 158 Ukrainian drones over a dozen provinces in what local media called the largest Ukrainian drone attack since the start of the war.
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