Drone attacks kill two and injure nine in Moscow region, governor says
Two people were killed and nine injured in overnight Ukrainian drone attacks on the Moscow region, Governor Andrei Vorobyov said on Tuesday.
Moscow, Russia. Ukrainian drone attacks overnight on Tuesday killed two people and injured nine in the region surrounding the Russian capital, Governor Andrei Vorobyov said.
Deaths and drone interceptions
Vorobyov said the dead included a 71-year-old man pulled from the rubble of a house and a 20-year-old man found in a nearby village.
Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said earlier on Tuesday that more than 650 Ukrainian drones had been launched in a wave headed towards Moscow overnight, adding that most were shot down.
Warehouse fire and electricity restoration
A warehouse operated by Russian e-commerce giant Wildberries was also set ablaze in the Moscow region, the TASS state news agency reported, citing local authorities.
The head of Domodedovo, a city south of Moscow that is home to Russia’s third-largest airport of the same name, said work was under way to restore electricity to villages hit by drones.
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