One killed in largest Ukrainian drone assault on Moscow, authorities say | Russia

Ukraine focused Moscow early on Tuesday in presumably its largest ever drone assault on the Russian capital, reportedly killing no less than one individual. The assault sparked fires and compelled the suspension of flights and prepare journey, authorities mentioned.

The Russian defence ministry mentioned 337 drones had been launched at Russia over Monday evening, with 91 of them focusing on the Moscow area. The Moscow metropolis mayor, Sergei Sobyanin, mentioned it was the biggest Ukrainian drone assault on town. The governor of the broader area, Andrei Vorobyov, mentioned: “In the meanwhile, one individual is understood to have died and three had been injured.”

Russia’s aviation watchdog mentioned flights had been suspended in any respect 4 of Moscow’s airports. Two different airports, within the Yaroslavl and Nizhny Novgorod areas east of Moscow, had been additionally closed. Vorobyov mentioned no less than seven flats had been broken and residents compelled to evacuate from a multi-storey constructing within the Ramenskoye district about 50km (31 miles) south-east of the Kremlin.

A prepare station within the Domodedovo district, about 35km south of Moscow, was broken, the RIA information company reported. Russian Telegram channels together with Baza, which is near the safety providers, posted movies they mentioned had been residential fires began by drones. Russian officers and pro-Russian retailers ceaselessly say drones had been shot down and their particles broken housing or services – no matter whether or not the drones hit their meant navy targets.

The strikes got here with US and Ukrainian groups attributable to meet for peace talks in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday as a part of the US push for an finish to the three-year conflict that Russia began with its invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.

Governors of Ryazan south-east of the Moscow area and Belgorod on the border with Ukraine additionally mentioned their areas got here underneath drone assault. A number of settlements within the Belgorod area misplaced energy, the regional governor mentioned.

A November 2024 drone assault on Moscow was the biggest on town within the conflict at that time, with Russia saying 34 UAVs had been concerned. A minimum of one civilian was killed and dozens of houses wrecked, Russian officers mentioned.

Kyiv says its strikes inside Russia are aimed toward destroying infrastructure key to Moscow’s general conflict efforts and are in response to Russia’s continued bombing of Ukraine. Each side deny focusing on civilians, however 1000’s have died, overwhelmingly Ukrainian.

Russian overseas ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova mentioned Ukraine carried out the assault earlier than a go to of the Group of Safety and Co-operation in Europe’s (OSCE) secretary basic to the Russian capital. “This isn’t the primary time {that a} go to to Moscow by a high-ranking overseas delegation has been accompanied by an assault by Ukrainian armed forces drones,” Zakharova wrote on-line.

The larger Moscow area, with a inhabitants of no less than 21 million, is without doubt one of the largest metropolitan areas in Europe, alongside Istanbul.

With Reuters