Moscow and surrounding regions faced a large-scale drone attack overnight, with Russian officials reporting hundreds of unmanned aerial vehicles targeting the capital area. Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said 390 drones were tracked in the wider Moscow region since Monday night, with most intercepted by air defenses.
Tracked by officials in the Moscow region overnight, with most intercepted.
In Chekhov, about 50 kilometers south of Moscow, a drone struck an apartment building, damaging the facade and two units, though no casualties were reported, according to local authorities.
Moscow region Governor Andrei Vorobyov stated that air defense systems downed 'a few dozen' Ukrainian drones in the districts of Podolsk, Domodedovo, and Kolomna. Podolsk district head Grigory Artamonov reported property damage in several villages, including a damaged home fence in Koledino.
Unconfirmed reports suggested that a warehouse near a Wildberries logistics center was damaged in the attack, but the company denied that its facility had been struck.
Russia's Defense Ministry said it intercepted 356 Ukrainian drones across Russia and in annexed Crimea between Monday night and Tuesday morning.
Elsewhere, in the Belgorod region, a man was killed in a drone attack on the regional capital the previous evening. A woman who was critically injured in a July 20 attack on a passenger bus in Shebekino later died in hospital. Acting Belgorod region Governor Alexander Shuvayev said 19 passengers of an intercity bus were injured in a Tuesday morning attack in Shebekino.