Moscow:Russia and Ukraine exchanged accusations regarding overnight drone strikes that resulted in at least two fatalities in the Moscow region, as reported by local authorities.

According to Anadolu Agency, Andrey Vorobyov, the governor of the Moscow region, stated that 185 drones were downed across 16 municipalities during an overnight assault. Initial reports indicated one fatality, a 20-year-old man in Radumlya, Solnechnogorsky District, with six others injured. Vorobyov later updated the figures to two deaths and nine injuries, noting significant damage to 47 houses across seven municipalities.

Moscow Mayor Sergey Sobyanin reported that between Monday evening and Tuesday morning, 650 drones targeted the Moscow region, with 134 drones intercepted before reaching the capital. In the Smolensk region, one individual was injured, while two others sustained injuries in the Bryansk region due to the strikes.

The Russian Defense Ministry claimed that air defense systems intercepted 868 Ukrainian drones across 11 regions, including over the Sea of Azov and Crimea. They also reported strikes in Ukraine, damaging a warehouse in the Odesa region and infrastructure in the ports of Chornomorsk and Izmail.

In Ukraine, Mykhailo Semikin reported that five people were injured from a strike on a residential building in Zaporizhzhia. Ukraine's State Emergency Service rescued 11 individuals from the site and extinguished a fire in Kyiv following a Russian strike, with no injuries reported. In Odesa, a private enterprise building was damaged, but no casualties occurred. In Kryvyi Rih, four people were injured following a morning strike.

Ukraine's Air Force claimed that its defenses downed 114 out of 137 drones launched by Russia. Both Moscow and Kyiv have increased their strike frequency, targeting each other's logistics and infrastructure while denying deliberate targeting of civilian areas, asserting the focus remains on military-related targets.