Probably Ukraine’s largest drone attack on Moscow to date

The Defense Ministry in Moscow did not release information about how many drones could not be intercepted in time. The governor of the Moscow region, Andrei Vorobyov, wrote on Telegram that at least three people were killed in Ukrainian attacks on the Moscow region. Several houses and apartments were damaged and caught fire. Infrastructure facilities were also attacked in several communities.

Airports were closed

Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said on Telegram that more than 120 drones had been shot down on the capital in the past 24 hours. At least twelve people were injured, mostly workers near an oil refinery. Several houses were damaged. There were temporarily no take-offs and landings at the capital’s airports because of the drone threat. Damage was also reported in the Russian-occupied naval city of Sevastopol in Crimea. Infrastructure facilities were also attacked in several communities.

Drone attacks in Crimea also reported

Ukraine also attacked the Russian-occupied naval city of Sevastopol on the Crimean peninsula during the night, damaging several apartment blocks and houses, according to authorities. In addition, debris from a downed drone hit a high-voltage line, causing power outages, wrote the city’s head of administration, Mikhail Razvoshayev, on the Telegram platform. However, the city’s power plant was not hit.

A total of 25 drones were shot down over several parts of the city and the Black Sea, Rasvoshayev wrote. According to preliminary information, no one was injured. This information could not initially be independently verified.

On Wednesday and Thursday, Russia carried out one of the longest and heaviest air strikes on Ukraine. In Kyiv alone, 24 dead people were rescued from a destroyed apartment block.

Russia is systematically shelling its neighbor’s hinterland. Civilians are killed in attacks almost every day in Ukraine; Residential buildings and infrastructure vital to residents are destroyed.