Ukrainian drones shot down targeting Moscow says city’s mayor
The governor of the Moscow region, Andrei Vorobyov, said one person was killed and three more wounded as a result of the drone attack.
Seventy-three Ukrainian drones targeting Moscow have been shot down in a massive attack on Tuesday morning, the Russian capital’s Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said.
At least 11 of the drones were shot down in the Ramensky and Domodedovo districts of the Moscow region surrounding the Russian capital, on the messaging app Telegram.
He did not specify where the other drones were shot down, noting only that they were “flying towards Moscow”.
The attack damaged seven apartments in a residential building in the Ramensky district, he said.
Mr Sobyanin said the roof of a building in Moscow also sustained damage, which he described as “insignificant.”
Footage of the building, published by Russia’s state news agency RIA Novosti, showed a charred spot on the facade of a multi-story residential building near the roof, with bits of the building’s lining stripped off.
Mr Sobyanin said the roof of a building in Moscow also sustained damage, which he described as “insignificant.”
Footage of the building, published by Russia’s state news agency RIA Novosti, showed a charred spot on the facade of a multi-story residential building near the roof, with bits of the building’s lining stripped off.
The attack, the biggest on Moscow in months, came on the day of US-Ukraine negotiations in Saudi Arabia. There was no immediate comment from Ukrainian officials on the attack.
Authorities also reported shooting down or jamming drones in the Kaluga, Ryazan, Tula and Vladimir regions adjacent to the Moscow region, as well as the Belgorod region on the border with Ukraine.
In the Lipetsk region, just south of the Kaluga and Tula regions, one person was wounded in a drone attack.
Rosaviatsia also restricted flights in and out of airports in the Yaroslavl and Nizhny Novgorod regions.
