At least two people have been killed and six injured in a large-scale overnight Ukrainian drone attack on the Moscow region, regional Governor Andrei Vorobyev has said.
Vorobyev reported that 249 drones were shot down, with fires breaking out in several residential buildings and a local warehouse. In Moscow, an oil refinery was damaged and flight restrictions were imposed at two major airports.
Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said a drone struck a building near one of the capital's boulevards and that a facility at an oil refinery was damaged. He described the attack as "unprecedented," saying 450 drones heading for Moscow had been shot down.
Sheremetyevo, Moscow's largest airport, warned passengers of temporary restrictions, while all arrivals and departures at Vnukovo airport were halted. Restrictions at both airports were lifted by Sunday morning, though each warned some flights may still be delayed.
In a post on Telegram, Vorobyev said a 44-year-old woman was killed in Sofyino after a drone struck a three-storey residential building. Five others, including two children, were injured in the same incident.
In the Orekhovo-Zuevo district, an elderly man died after a private house was hit, the governor added.
Videos purportedly showing explosions in the night skies over the Moscow region and a burning warehouse circulated on social media. The footage has not been independently verified.
Meanwhile, a Ukrainian official said eight people, including three children, were killed in Russian attacks on the Kyiv and Sumy regions on Saturday.
In the city of Fastiv, a mother and her two young children, a boy and a girl, were killed in a Russian strike, Kyiv regional head Tymur Tkachenko said. Several private homes were also damaged. Tkachenko later said a child injured in a separate attack in Vyshhorod, north of Kyiv, had died in hospital.
In the north-eastern Sumy region, four people were killed when a Russian drone struck the car they were travelling in, according to local official Oleh Hryhorov.
Both sides have continued to strike energy infrastructure and transport facilities in recent days, despite US President Donald Trump claiming on social media that the two sides had agreed not to target such sites.
Russia launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.
