More than 140 Ukrainian drones are targeting several Russian regions, including Moscow, according to authorities

More than 140 Ukrainian drones targeted several Russian regions overnight, including the capital Moscow and surrounding areas, Russian officials reported on Tuesday, one of the largest Ukrainian drone attacks on Russian soil in the two-and-a-half-year-long war.

In the town of Ramenskoye, just outside Moscow, drones hit two multi-story apartment buildings and caused fires, Moscow Region Governor Andrei Vorobyov said. One woman was killed and three other people were injured. Five apartment buildings near one of the damaged buildings were evacuated while rescue workers cleared debris from the drones, Vorobyov said.

The attack also prompted authorities to temporarily close three airports outside Moscow – Vnukovo, Domodedovo and Zhukovsky. A total of 48 flights were diverted to other airports, the Russian civil aviation authority Rosaviatsia said.

In Moscow, drone debris fell on a private house on the outskirts, but no one was injured, said Mayor Sergei Sobyanin. He counted more than a dozen drones heading toward Moscow that were shot down by air defenses as they approached the city.

In total, according to the Russian Defense Ministry, 144 Ukrainian drones were “intercepted and destroyed” over nine Russian regions, including those on the border with Ukraine and deeper inland in Russia.

This is Ukraine's second massive drone attack on Russia this month. On September 1, the Russian military said it had intercepted 158 Ukrainian drones in over a dozen Russian regions. Russian media described the attack as Ukraine's largest drone attack since the war began.

The Associated Press