Moscow: Ukraine’s overnight drone attacks targeted Moscow and scores of other Russian regions, killing one person and damaging an agricultural enterprise in the country’s southwest, Russian authorities said on Friday.
Russian air defences downed 155 Ukrainian drones between 11 p.m. on Thursday (2000 GMT) and 7 a.m. on Friday, including 11 bound for Moscow, Russia’s defence ministry said on the Telegram messaging app.
Three of the four airports serving the Russian capital, Domodedovo, Vnukovo and Zhukovsky, suspended operations temporarily but later resumed, Russia’s aviation authority Rosaviatsia said late on Thursday.
A drone crashed onto the territory of an agricultural enterprise in the Lipetsk region, sparking a short-lived fire and killing one person and injuring another, regional governor Igor Artamonov said on Telegram.
The Russian defence ministry said that its air defence systems destroyed four drones over the Lipetsk region that lies in Russia’s southwest. The ministry only reports the number of drones that its units destroy, not how many Ukraine launched.
Most of the drones overnight were destroyed over Russian regions bordering Ukraine: Kursk, Belgorod and Bryansk, the ministry added.
Reuters could not independently verify the reports. There was no immediate comment from Ukraine.
Kyiv says its attacks on the territory of Russia are aimed at destroying infrastructure key to Moscow’s war efforts and are in response to Russia’s continued strikes on Ukraine throughout the war.
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