Ukraine targets Moscow with largest drone attack yet – FBC News

On Tuesday, Ukraine targeted the Russian capital in its largest drone attack yet, leaving at least one person dead, dozens of homes destroyed in the Moscow region and around 50 flights diverted from airports around Moscow.

Russia, the world's largest nuclear power, said it had destroyed at least 20 Ukrainian combat drones as they flew over the Moscow region, which has a population of more than 21 million people, and 124 more over eight other regions.

At least one person was killed near Moscow, Russian authorities said. Three of Moscow's four airports were closed for more than six hours and nearly 50 flights were diverted.

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters that the drone attack was another indication of the true nature of Ukraine's political leadership, which consists of enemies of Russia.

Kyiv said Russia, which sent tens of thousands of troops to Ukraine in February 2022, attacked the country overnight with 46 drones, 38 of which were destroyed.

The drone attacks on Russia damaged high-rise buildings in the Ramenskoye district of the Moscow region and set fire to apartments, residents told Reuters.

A 46-year-old woman was killed and three people injured in Ramenskoye, said Moscow regional governor Andrei Vorobyov.

Residents reported being awakened by explosions and fire.

Georgy, a local resident who did not want to give his last name, said he heard a roar outside his building in the early hours of the morning.

The Ramenskoye district, about 50 kilometers southeast of the Kremlin, has a population of about a quarter of a million people, according to official figures.

More than 70 drones were also shot down over the Russian region of Bryansk and dozens more over other regions, the Russian Defense Ministry said. No damage or casualties were reported there.

As Russia advances in eastern Ukraine, Kyiv has taken the war into Russia: on August 6, it began with a cross-border attack on Russia's western Kursk region and through increasingly extensive drone strikes deep into Russian territory.