Ukraine has launched a “massive” early morning drone attack against the Russian capital that killed at least one person, injured several others and saw the shutdown of airports and damaged residential buildings, Moscow officials and aviation authorities said.
The drone raid, the largest against Moscow in months, comes as Ukraine is poised to present the United States with a plan for a partial ceasefire with Russia during talks on Tuesday in Saudi Arabia.
Andrei Vorobyov, governor of the Moscow region, said that one person was killed and three more wounded as a result of the raid, which began at 4am local time (01:00 GMT). The wave of attack drones damaged seven apartments in a residential building in the Moscow region’s Ramenskoye district, Vorobyov said.
Russia’s Ministry of Defence said that air defences destroyed a total of 337 Ukrainian drones overnight, with 91 of them over the Moscow region.
Earlier, Moscow’s Mayor Sergei Sobyanin described “a massive attack by enemy drones on Moscow”, which was being repelled by Russian air defences.
Sobyanin said drones were downed over Ramenskoye and also the Domodedovo district of the Moscow region. Both districts lie about 40km (25 miles) to 50km (30 miles) south and southeast of the Kremlin.
Russia’s aviation authority Rosaviatsia said flights were restricted in and out of four Moscow airports, including Domodedovo, Vnukovo and Zhukovsky to the south of the city and Sheremetyevo to the north as a result of the drone attack.
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