Moscow: At least seven people were killed and 13 injured in Ukrainian drone attacks across Russia, while three people were killed and 23 injured in Russian strikes across Ukraine, officials on both sides said Sunday.
According to Anadolu Agency, Rostov region Governor Yury Slyusar announced on Russian social media platform Max that five civilians were killed in Ukrainian drone attacks as more than 150 drones were destroyed over three cities and nine districts of the region. He expressed his deepest condolences to the victims’ families and noted significant damage to residential buildings and civilian infrastructure.
In addition, Moscow region Governor Andrey Vorobyov reported that an 83-year-old man was killed when a drone crashed into a private house in the Ramensky municipal district. Meanwhile, acting Belgorod region Governor Aleksandr Shuvayev stated that a Ukrainian drone strike on a bus carrying workers resulted in the death of a woman and injuries to nine others.
Moscow Mayor Sergey Sobyanin disclosed that around 600 drones targeted Moscow overnight, marking the largest attack on the capital in over two years. Nine drones were shot down by defense systems, and three people were injured near the Moscow Ring Road.
On the Ukrainian side, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy shared on Telegram that two individuals were killed in Kryvyi Rih and another in Sumy, with six injuries reported in Kyiv and its surrounding region. Updates from the Kryvyi Rih administration further indicated ongoing revisions to casualty figures.
Ukraine’s strikes included attacks on Wildberries warehouses, with another facility catching fire at the Koledino industrial park in Podolsk following a drone hit, leaving 110 homes without electricity. A logistics facility for storing medicines in Domodedovo also caught fire and partially collapsed, affecting an area of 56,000 square meters.
The drone attacks led to significant disruptions at Moscow airports, with more than 150 flights delayed or canceled at Sheremetyevo, Vnukovo, and Domodedovo airports.
Both the Russian Defense Ministry and Ukraine’s General Staff confirmed the overnight assaults. The Russian Defense Ministry stated that precision weapons and long-range drones were used against Ukrainian defense facilities in Kyiv, the Kremenchuk oil refinery, and metallurgical sites in Kryvyi Rih. Additionally, a cargo ship carrying military supplies was reportedly hit at the port of Odesa.
Ukraine’s General Staff reported striking a Russian Bastion coastal missile complex in Crimea and hitting a railway bridge in the Zaporizhzhia region. Logistics and ammunition depots in Karlovka, Donetsk region, were also targeted.
Independent verification of these claims remains challenging due to the ongoing conflict.