Explosions across Moscow as Ukraine targets Russia with ‘hundreds’ of drones
Flights have been restricted in and out of four airports, after Russian air defences said they shot down 337 drones over 10 regions
Russia has been hit by what appears to be the biggest drone attack in its three-year conflict with Ukraine, with at least one person killed, according to local officials.
The attack came as a Ukrainian delegation was set to meet with America’s top diplomat in Saudi Arabia about ending the war.
Flights have been restricted in and out of four airports, after Russian air defences shot down 337 Ukrainian drones over 10 regions.
Three people were wounded, and a residential building in a Moscow district was damaged and cars set on fire, the governor of the Moscow region, Andrei Vorobyov said, according to Russian state news agencies.
Footage of the building, published by 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.
Flights have been restricted in and out of Domodedovo, Vnukovo and Zhukovsky to the south of Moscow and Sheremetyevo to the north, according to Russian civil aviation authority Rosaviatsia.
Train traffic through the Domodedovo railway station has also been briefly halted, local officials reported.
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.
With agencies
