At least four people have been killed and a dozen wounded in one of Ukraine’s largest ever drone strikes against Russia, including the Moscow region, Russian authorities said on Sunday. The attack involved almost 600 drones across 14 Russian regions, as well as Crimea and the Black and Azov seas.
Russian air defences shot down 556 drones overnight and neutralised another 30 after dawn, the defence ministry reported. Three deaths occurred in the Moscow region and one in Belgorod. Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy confirmed the strikes, describing them as retaliation for Russia’s deadly three-day attack on Ukraine last week that killed over 20 people.
Moscow’s regional governor Andrei Vorobyov said a woman was killed in Khimki, north of Moscow, and two men died in the village of Pogorelki after drone debris hit a construction site. India’s embassy confirmed one of its nationals was among the dead. In the capital, mayor Sergei Sobyanin reported over 80 drones intercepted, with 12 wounded and minor damage from debris.
Ukraine’s SBU security service said an oil refinery and two pumping stations near Moscow were hit, aiming to reduce Russia’s ability to continue the war. Russia’s largest airport, Sheremetyevo, reported drone debris inside its perimeter without damage. The attack came after a three-day truce ended last Tuesday, with both sides accusing each other of violations.
