One killed in Ukraine drone attacks on Russia

One killed in Ukraine drone attacks on Russia

Russian officials say they shot down 144 Ukrainian drones around the country overnight in a wave of attacks that have killed one woman, set residential buildings on fire and grounded flights in Moscow.

The governor of Moscow, Andrei Vorobyov, said several flats in two high-rise apartment buildings in Ramenskoye in Moscow region were set on fire.

Mr Vorobyov said a 46-year-old woman died and three people were injured in Ramenskoye, while 43 people were evacuated to temporary accommodation centres.

Ukraine has so far not commented on the attacks, but the Kremlin on Tuesday said the attack showed Ukraine was Russia’s enemy.

Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said in a daily call with reporters that the strike showed the need for Russia to continue its war in Ukraine, saying: “We must continue the military operation in order to protect ourselves from such displays of this regime.”

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Russia’s defence ministry said earlier that of the 144 drones that its air defences intercepted, half were in the western border region of Bryansk, 20 were in Moscow and 14 were over the Kursk region.

State media reported that the strikes shut down four airports in Moscow and more than 30 domestic and international flights that serve the Russian capital were suspended.

Russia’s aviation authority, Rosaviatsia, confirmed on Telegram on Tuesday morning that three of the airports – Domodedovo, Zhukovsky and Vnukovo – had resumed operations.

In other developments on Tuesday, Russia said it had captured at least three villages in the Donetsk region of eastern Ukraine.

The defence ministry also said it had “liberated” the town of Krasnohorivka, also in Donetsk.

One killed in Ukraine drone attacks on Russia

BBC