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The Economic Times
The Economic Times

Ukraine launches 620 drones at Moscow; Russia downs 180: Mayor

Ukraine launched 620 drones at Moscow and ​surrounding areas into ​the early hours of Tuesday morning, the ​capital's mayor said, in one of Kyiv's biggest air assaults on the region, while Russian-annexed Crimea said it suffered ‌power outages ⁠after ⁠strikes.

Russian forces downed 180 of the drones over the ​Moscow region and emergency services were working at crash sites, ​mayor Sergei Sobyanin wrote on Telegram, without going into detail on any casualties or damage.

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Drones hit a ​warehouse of Russian e-commerce company ⁠Wildberries and ‌other facilities near Moscow, regional governor ​Andrei ​Vorobyov said separately. At least three ⁠people, including a 10-year-old girl, were injured in ​the region, he added.

Wildberries, a frequent ​target of Kyiv's attacks following Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, said drone debris hit a wall at the warehouse, causing minor damage.

Several other Russian-controlled regions, including Crimea, which Moscow ‌annexed in 2014, also reported heavy attacks from Ukraine.

Krymenergo, the Crimean peninsula's largest power ​supplier, ​said southern districts ⁠came under Ukrainian drone attacks overnight.

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It said several settlements have been cut off from power supplies as a ​result of the attacks, and that the situation with power deliveries has remained challenging in north-western, eastern and southern parts of the region.

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