Russia says more than 600 drones targeted Moscow region | Russia-Ukraine war News
Drone Attack Targets Moscow, Causing Injuries and Damage
Moscow — Russian officials reported that a significant drone assault occurred overnight, with more than 620 drones targeting Moscow in one of Ukraine’s most extensive attacks on the Russian capital in recent years.
Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin stated that Russian air defenses intercepted 180 drones over the capital region between Monday evening and 5 a.m. local time (02:00 GMT) on Tuesday. An additional 17 drones were shot down later as they approached the city.
Russia’s state-run news agency TASS characterized the drone barrage as the largest attack on Moscow in the past two years.
The drone strikes resulted in injuries to at least three individuals, including a 10-year-old girl, according to Moscow region Governor Andrey Vorobyov, who shared this information via Telegram. He noted that the most severe impacts occurred in the Pavlovsky Posad district, where a house was destroyed by fire. Additional damage was reported in the Bogorodsky district, affecting several homes and a guesthouse.
A warehouse belonging to the e-commerce company Wildberries, located east of Moscow, also sustained damage during the drone strike. The company indicated that its logistics complex experienced “minor damage” after debris struck the building’s wall. Wildberries has previously been the target of Ukrainian attacks, which maintain that the company supplies components for Russian drones.
In related developments, the Ukrainian air force claimed to have intercepted or neutralized 111 out of 147 drone attacks aimed at various targets overnight.
In the eastern city of Izyum, five individuals, including a nine-year-old boy, were reported injured in a separate Russian attack, according to Kharkiv’s regional Governor Oleh Syniehubov. Additionally, drone activity caused fires and property damage in the Kyiv region, specifically Brovary city, affecting office buildings and warehouses, as detailed by Mayor Ihor Sapozhko.
As front-line hostilities remain stagnant and negotiations stalled, both Ukraine and Russia have intensified long-range strikes, resulting in a rising civilian death toll. In July, at least 437 civilians were reported killed in Ukraine, marking the highest monthly toll since May 2022, according to United Nations records. Russian authorities reported 79 civilian fatalities due to Ukrainian attacks in July, an increase from the prior month.
