Ukrainian drones hit Russia in massive overnight attack
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Ukrainian drones hit Russia in massive overnight attack
Ukrainian drones targeted various locations across Russia overnight, killing three people in the Moscow region and one person in the Belgorod region. In the Moscow area, a drone attack killed a woman in Khimki and two men were killed in Pogoreliki. In Moscow city, strikes wounded at least 12 people, mostly construction workers at a job site near an oil and gas refinery, while refinery production was not disrupted. In Belgorod, a drone struck a truck and killed a man. Russia’s Defense Ministry reported 556 drones shot down overnight and 30 more intercepted after dawn, with 81 drones headed toward Moscow. Ukraine reported sending 287 drones overnight, with 279 shot down or jammed.
"Almost 600 Ukrainian drones targeted various locations in Russia overnight, killing three people in the Moscow region and one in the Belgorod region, Russian authorities said on Sunday. The attacks come after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy vowed on Friday to launch retaliatory strikes, a day after a Russian assault on Kyiv killed 24 people and injured around 50 more."
"According to local Governor Andrei Vorobyev, a drone attack killed a woman in her home in Khimki, just northwest of Moscow, while two men were killed in the village of Pogoreliki, 10 km (6 miles) north of the Russian capital. The mayor of Moscow city, Sergei Sobyanin, said strikes there had wounded at least 12 people, most of them construction workers at a job site near an oil and gas refinery. He said, however, that production at the refinery had not been disrupted."
"Local authorities in the Belgorod region bordering Ukraine said one man there was also killed when a drone struck a truck. Russia's Defense Ministry said air defenses shot down 556 drones across the country overnight, with another 30 drones intercepted after dawn. Russian state news agency TASS said that 81 of those drones were headed for Moscow overnight, making the attack one of the largest on the Russian capital since Moscow launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2022."
"Russia, which has hit its neighbor with relentless ground and air attacks since it began its unprovoked full-scale invasion, sent 287 drones over Ukraine overnight to Sunday, 279 of which were shot down or jammed, the Ukrainian air force reported. Ukrainian officials said the strikes injured eight people in Ukraine's central Dnipropetrovsk region, three i"
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