At least two dead as Ukrainian drones strike Moscow region, Russia says
A large-scale overnight Ukrainian drone attack on the Moscow region killed at least two people and injured six, Russian officials say. Saturday's Russian strikes on Ukraine killed seven people, including two children.
Russian officials say a large overnight Ukrainian drone attack on the Moscow region has killed at least two people and injured six others. Moscow region Governor Andrei Vorobyev said 249 drones were shot down, though fires broke out at several residential buildings and a local warehouse.
Writing on Telegram, Vorobyev said a 44-year-old woman died in Sofyino after a drone struck a three-storey residential building, with five more people, including two children, injured in the same incident. In the Orekhovo-Zuevo district, an elderly man was killed when a drone hit a private house.
Unverified footage circulating on social media appears to show explosions over the Moscow region at night and a warehouse on fire; the BBC has not confirmed the videos' authenticity.
Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said a drone hit a building near one of the capital's boulevards and that a facility at an oil refinery was damaged. He had earlier said 152 drones bound for Moscow were intercepted. Sheremetyevo, Russia's busiest airport, imposed temporary restrictions, while Vnukovo airport suspended all arrivals and departures.
Deadly strikes in Ukraine
Separately, seven people were killed, including two children, in Russian attacks on Ukraine's Kyiv and Sumy regions on Saturday. Kyiv regional head Tymur Tkachenko said a mother and her two young children died in the city of Fastiv, with several private homes also damaged.
In the north-eastern Sumy region, four people were killed when a Russian drone struck the car they were travelling in, according to senior local official Oleh Hryhorov.
Both Russia and Ukraine have escalated cross-border strikes in recent weeks, hitting energy, transport and logistics infrastructure. Russian President Vladimir Putin launched the full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.
