Over 140 Ukrainian drones in a single day focused a number of Russian areas, together with the capital Moscow and the encircling areas, Russian officers reported Tuesday, in one of many greatest Ukrainian drone assaults on Russian soil within the two 1/2-year struggle.
Within the city of Ramenskoye simply exterior Moscow, drones hit two multistory residential buildings and began fires, Moscow area Gov. Andrei Vorobyov stated.
A girl was killed and three extra folks sustained accidents.
5 residential buildings close to a kind of broken have been evacuated as emergency companies have been dealing with drone particles, Vorobyov stated.
The assault additionally prompted the authorities to briefly shut down three airports simply exterior Moscow — Vnukovo, Domodedovo and Zhukovsky.
A complete of 48 flights have been diverted to different airports, in accordance with Russia’s civil aviation authority Rosaviatsia.
In Moscow, drone particles fell on a personal home on the outskirts of the town, however nobody was harm, Mayor Sergei Sobyanin stated.
He counted over a dozen drones heading towards Moscow that have been shot down by air defenses as they have been approaching the town.
General, Russia’s Protection Ministry stated it “intercepted and destroyed” 144 Ukrainian drones over 9 Russian areas, together with these on the border with Ukraine and people deeper inside Russia.
It’s the second large Ukrainian drone assault on Russia this month.
On Sept. 1, the Russian navy stated it intercepted 158 Ukrainian drones over a dozen Russian areas in what Russian media described as the largest Ukrainian drone barrage because the begin of the struggle.
