Ukraine unleashes large drone attack on Moscow

A massive wave of Ukrainian drones set off air defenses across Russia on Tuesday,

Ukraine struck the Moscow region in its biggest drone attack so far on the Russian capital, killing at least one woman, wrecking dozens of homes and forcing around 50 flights to be diverted from airports around Moscow.

Russia said it had destroyed at least 20 Ukrainian attack drones as they swarmed over the Moscow region, which has a population of more than 21 million.

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 almost 50 flights were diverted.

Russia’s borderline Kursk Region came under a massive attack from Ukraine on August 6. A federal state of emergency is in effect in the region. People are being evacuated from border areas. According to the Russian emergencies ministry, as many as 197 temporary accommodation centers in 28 Russian regions are giving shelter to more than 11,500 Kursk Region residents, including more than 3,500 children.

Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said that the drone attack was another reminder of the real nature of Ukraine’s political leadership, which he said was made up of Russia’s enemies.

“There is no way that nighttime strikes on residential neighborhoods can be associated with military action,” said Peskov, the press secretary for Russian President Vladimir Putin.

“The Kyiv regime continues to demonstrate its nature. They are our enemies and we must continue the special military operation to protect ourselves from such actions,” said Peskov, using the expression Moscow uses to describe its war in Ukraine.

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

Residents said they awoke to blasts and fire.

“I looked at the window and saw a ball of fire,” Alexander Li, a resident of the district, told Reuters. “The window got blown out by the shockwave.”

Ukraine said Russia had attacked it overnight with 46 drones, of which 38 were destroyed.

The drone attacks on Russia damaged highrise apartment buildings in the Ramenskoye district of the Moscow region, setting flats on fire