Two killed in ‘large’ Ukrainian drone assault on Moscow area, says Russia

At least two individuals have been killed and 6 injured in a “large” in a single day Ukrainian drone assault on the Moscow area, Governor Andrei Vorobyev has stated.

Vorobyev stated 249 drones had been shot down, and he reported fires in a number of residential homes. An area warehouse was additionally ablaze. In the capital Moscow, an oil refinery was broken, and flight restrictions have been in place at two airports.

Earlier, a Ukraine official stated seven individuals, together with two kids, have been killed in Russian assaults within the Kyiv and Sumy areas on Saturday.

Russia and Ukraine have just lately intensified their strikes, focusing on energy-generating and transport amenities, in addition to main logistics hubs.

In a submit on Telegram on Sunday, Vorobyev stated a 44-year-old girl was killed in Sofyino after a drone hit a three-storey residential constructing. Another 5 individuals – together with two kids – have been injured, he stated.

In the Orekhovo-Zuevo district, an aged man died after a non-public home was hit, the regional governor stated.

Videos have emerged on social media purportedly displaying explosions within the night time skies within the Moscow area, and of a burning warehouse. The footage has not been verified by the BBC.

Meanwhile, Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin stated a drone struck a constructing close to one of many capital’s boulevards and a facility at an oil refinery was broken.

He stated on social media that 450 drones heading for Moscow had been shot down in what he known as an “unprecedented assault”.

Sheremetyevo – Moscow’s largest airport – warned passengers about “short-term restrictions” in place, whereas on the capital’s Vnukovo airport all arrivals and departures have been halted.

In Ukraine, a mom and her two babies, a boy and a woman, have been killed in Saturday’s Russian assault within the metropolis of Fastiv, Kyiv regional head Tymur Tkachenko stated.

He added that a number of personal homes have been additionally broken.

In the north-eastern Sumy area, 4 individuals have been killed when a Russian drone hit the automotive they have been travelling in, high native official Oleh Hryhorov stated.

Russian President Vladimir Putin launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.