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At least two people were killed and six others injured in what Russian officials described as a “massive” overnight Ukrainian drone attack on the Moscow region, according to the BBC.
Moscow Region Governor Andrei Vorobyev said 249 drones had been intercepted. He reported fires at several residential buildings and a warehouse, while officials in the capital said an oil refinery had also been damaged.
Damage and flight restrictions reported in Moscow
Vorobyev said a 44-year-old woman died in Sofyino after a drone struck a three-storey residential building. Five people, including two children, were injured in the incident, he said.
An elderly man was also killed after a private house in the Orekhovo-Zuyevo district was hit, according to the governor.
Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said a drone struck a building near one of the capital’s boulevards and damaged a facility at an oil refinery. He said 450 drones heading towards Moscow had been shot down, describing the incident as an “unprecedented attack”.
Temporary flight restrictions were imposed at Sheremetyevo and Vnukovo airports. The measures were lifted by Sunday morning, although both airports warned that some flights could remain delayed.
Videos shared on social media appeared to show explosions in the night sky over the Moscow region and a burning warehouse. The footage has not been independently verified.
Ukraine reports deaths in Russian strikes
Ukrainian officials said eight people, including three children, were killed in Russian attacks in the Kyiv and Sumy regions on Saturday.
Kyiv regional head Tymur Tkachenko said a mother and her two young children, a boy and a girl, died in an attack on the city of Fastiv. Several private homes were also damaged.
Tkachenko later said a child injured in a separate strike in Vyshhorod, north of Kyiv, had died in hospital.
In the northeastern Sumy region, four people were killed when a Russian drone struck the vehicle in which they were travelling, regional official Oleh Hryhorov said.
Russia and Ukraine have intensified attacks in recent weeks, targeting energy and transport infrastructure as well as major logistics hubs. Both sides continued striking energy facilities during the past week, despite US President Donald Trump saying they had agreed not to do so.
On Friday, Trump signed legislation authorising tariffs of up to 100% on major purchasers of Russian energy, including China and India.
Russian President Vladimir Putin launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.
