Last Updated on 10/09/2024 by Arun jain
Ukraine attacked Russia on Tuesday with one of its largest drone strikes of the war, killing a woman in the Moscow region, setting high-rise buildings on fire and forcing the closure of a major airport near the capital, Kremlin officials said.
The Russian Defense Ministry said it shot down 144 Ukrainian drones in multiple areas, from a border area near the war zone in southwestern Russia to suburban towns around Moscow, highlighting Ukraine’s growing ability to strike back at Russia with a fleet of locally made, long-range weapons.
About 20 drones were intercepted in the Moscow region, the ministry said. Ukraine did not immediately comment on the strike.
Taking the war to Russia has become the focus of Ukraine’s strategy over the summer, one of the most prominent A surprise ground invasion in the Kursk region of RussiaCovering an area of over 500 square miles. At the same time, it has stepped up long-range strikes, even as Russia repeatedly bombards Ukraine with missiles and Pressed forward with aggression in the east of the country.
There are Ukrainian strikes deep inside Russia Hit oil refineries, power plants, airfields and military factories. Ukrainian critics have said they are meant to disrupt logistics to prevent a Russian strike on Ukraine and provide leverage in potential settlement negotiations.
On Tuesday, the drone flew at least 270 miles from Ukraine and landed on the outskirts of Moscow. The capital has largely remained aloof from the war, with most troops recruited from outlying provinces, while Ukraine’s ground offensive last month came far south of the city.
Authorities said a 46-year-old woman was killed in the strike in the suburb of Ramenskoye; It appears to be the first time Russia has publicly announced deaths in the Moscow region as a result of the Ukrainian strike.
Witnesses posted scenes Burning buildings and billows of smoke.
Fragments of an intercepted drone fell in the area of Zhukovsky International Airport serving Moscow, city mayor Sergei Sobyanin said. said on social media. That airport and two others in the region, Vanukovo and Domodedovo, restricted operations early Tuesday. According to Artem KorenyakoA representative of the Federal Air Transport Agency of Russia.
Russian news agencies reported long lines at check-in counters at Vanukovo airport.
Although Ukraine has stepped up its offensive inside Russia, it is on the defensive elsewhere along the front line, with superior numbers, as Moscow’s forces. Proceed to the region around the eastern city of PokrovskA major transport hub.
The strike damaged two apartment buildings in Ramenskoye, a town in the Moscow region. According to Andrey VorobyovTerritorial Governor. Three people were hospitalized, and at least 43 residents were evacuated from burning buildings to temporary shelters, he said.
He added that a drone had struck a high-rise in the center, causing fire and damage to more than 50 apartments.
Located about 26 miles southeast of the Kremlin, Ramenskoye has a population of about 114,000 people. A former center of the Russian textile industry, it is now one of several towns scattered outside Moscow’s city limits from which people commute daily to work in the Russian capital.
In an overnight drone attack, The Russian Ministry of Defense reported that it shot down 20 drones in the Moscow region, an administrative district that surrounds but does not include the capital. The ministry reported that it had shot down most of the drones in southern Russia near the border with Ukraine.
Tuesday’s volley was the largest ever recorded by Russia. On September 1, the Ministry of Defense reported that it had shot down 158 Ukrainian explosive drones.
In that attack, videos showed fixed-wing drones — which look like small, low-flying airplanes — buzzing around Moscow. A power plant exploded. Last year, Russia accused Ukraine of firing drones that targeted the Kremlin and a skyscraper in Moscow’s financial district that housed government ministries.
Although the Ukrainian military has increasing capabilities to strike deep into Russian territory, Russia’s missile and drone arsenals greatly outpace Ukraine’s, and casualties inside Ukraine are much higher. The United Nations has informed about this Invasion of RussiaThe war, which began in 2022, has killed more than 11,000 civilians, and that figure is believed to be much lower than the actual total.
Drone strikes in both directions have become a frequent feature of the war.
Russia launched 46 Iranian-designed Shahed exploiting drones and two missiles over Ukraine overnight, the Ukrainian military reported. Attacks by at least several dozen drones have become an almost nightly ordeal for Ukrainians. The Ukrainian Air Force said it shot down both the missile and 38 drones.
The strike damaged homes and injured three people, according to Ukraine’s Energy Ministry and local officials. One person was injured when a drone struck a mine in eastern Ukraine, and two others were injured by falling debris in the central Cherkasy region. The attack targeted electrical infrastructure in eight regions and caused a brief blackout in some areas, the ministry said in a statement.
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